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Dates: during 1990-1999
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EARLY IN 1994 A NEW YORK CITY-BASED Barings banker introduced Leeson to a client whose identity remains a closely held secret at Barings. The client reportedly told his Barings contact in New York, "I hope you're getting some credit for this because your company is getting a lot of business from me in Singapore." It is still not clear where the mystery client's investing stopped and where Leeson's own-hidden in error account No. 88888-began. But right to the end, Leeson claimed that his huge, inexplicable investments were on someone else's behalf. "He always...
...British authorities will indict him so that he will not be extradited to Singapore, where he was working when he executed the trades. Leeson is being held in a German prison. His lawyer said he might give British authorities information that would lead to an arrest warrant for his client. University of Pennsylvania law professor Welsh White told TIME Daily that although he has never heard of a defense attorney seeking an indictment of his client, he understands why Kempf is doing so, since the British justice system is not as harsh as Singapore...
...Kennedy came to the floor to cite several cases, supported by Legal Services, in which welfare laws had been judged discriminatory or otherwise unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Legal Services, in defending its client's legal rights to protection under the Constitution, had the political impact of overturning other laws. Now, Gramm wants to end those activities, which would severely restrict Legal Services' ability to serve what even Gramm has granted was their clients...
...This is the presentation of yourself," says Loretta Farrell, human resources director at First Manhattan Consulting Group. "You want the job of the person sitting across from you, so dress like them. Dress as you would if you were going to meet a client. Say to yourself 'I wouldn't mind meeting a CEO dressed like this...
...claim it's safer. They will intentionally go bankrupt and blame it on you. They will show up in twos and threes on tawdry talk shows to report mysterious disappearances of their Simoleons during Metaverse transactions. They will, in short, destroy the image -- and the business -- of your client. The result: victory for the government, which hates and fears private currencies. And bankruptcy...