Word: client
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...early November, Kidder Peabody's internal surveillance system picked up the pattern of trading connected with Journal stories. Felis was told to discontinue such activity, and a company lawyer warned Brant's client Clark about questions of criminal violations...
Although there are several good reasons for opening a Swiss bank account-safety and prestige among them-one of the most important is secrecy. Any bank employee who reveals, even inadvertently, information about a client's account can be fined up to $22,000 or sent to jail for as long as six months. Switzerland's reputation for discretion is one reason it has attracted an estimated $300 billion from depositors all over the world, including Mafia dons and military dictators. This past weekend, however, residents voted on a referendum that would have taken some of the veils...
...send tremors through Washington-if indeed they exist. Barens has had subpoenas issued to the FBI, the CIA and the Los Angeles police department for any videotapes and documents pertaining to Morgan's Washington liaisons. No names were listed in the court documents, but Barens told reporters his client maintains that Presidential Counsellor Edwin Meese was among Morgan's filmed partners. Claims Barens: "We have information that the videotapes exist and that the Government has them." Last month Meese told TIME he had never met Vicki Morgan...
...dozen of the more easily obtainable MiG-21s. All of the MiG-23s, which the Soviets began producing in 1973, were purchased from Egypt. Cairo had acquired an extensive Soviet-built arsenal, including the Floggers, from 1955 to 1974, when Egypt was one of Moscow's most valued client-states...
Such enormous fees raise questions. Some critics wonder whether deals are pursued because of the payoff, not because they are in the client's best interest. Rohatyn is one who thinks that payments have got out of hand. Says he: "The level of fees has reached a point that is difficult to justify and invites the suspicion that there is too much incentive to do a deal. Fees are sometimes ten times as large when a deal closes as when it doesn't, so you'd almost have to be a saint not to be affected...