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None of that has slowed construction on Bilzerian's new eleven-bedroom, 21- bath house in an exclusive suburb north of Tampa. Expected to cost as much as $10 million, the 36,866-sq.-ft. home will include a basketball court complete with bleachers and electronic scoreboards...
Pickens became Koito's largest stockholder last March, when his investment firm took over the shares (estimated cost: more than $800 million) from Kitaro Watanabe, a billionaire Japanese real estate speculator. In a project code- named Falcon, after Pickens' private jet, the Texan claims his goal is "to maximize the profits and value of Koito for all the shareholders." He asserts that Japanese companies put corporate interests before those of individual shareholders, notably by reinvesting profits in the company rather than increasing dividends...
...captain, Iakovos Georgudis, was charged with one misdemeanor count of discharging pollutants in violation of the Clean Water Act and another misdemeanor count of discharging refuse. (Maximum penalty for each count: one year in prison and a fine that could amount to as much as twice the total cost of the cleanup...
WASHINGTON--Housing Secretary Jack Kemp yesterday suspended an elderly-housing program, saying it has cost the government more than $119 million in direct losses and failed to serve the low-income people for whom it was designed...
Apart from the problematic location, the basilica's distinctly non-African design has raised questions: all the figures depicted in the stained-glass windows are white, except for a lone black pilgrim who bears a remarkable resemblance to Houphouet-Boigny. Especially troublesome is the cost of the construction: the price tag may exceed $200 million...