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...just want to pop by their local banks. Saddam Hussein's regime has quietly deposited an estimated $6-30 billion across Europe and the Middle East, as illegal kickback money from companies buying Iraq's oil poured in despite U.N. sanctions. The U.S. seized $1.5 billion, but a huge hoard remains. John Fawcett, who investigated Saddam's finances for the Coalition for International Justice, notes that some European countries don't seem eager to sniff out Saddam's hidden money, since they would then face losing it: "Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg could be much more aggressive." Neither has France shown...
...Rover while I was attempting to park outside of Starbucks where I was making my second trip today to purchase my second and third venti nonfat iced lattes to keep me awake during my exam after the completion of two consecutive allnighters, I would not be forced to hoard my funds with the expectation of forking it all over to this very fortunate car-owner, and I would be offering a monetary reward. But I am not. I am offering sex. And as you can see, my writing skills have...
...Unlike Vodaphone, AT&T, Verizon and others, Hutchison Whampoa was comparatively unruffled by the bursting of the telecom bubble. The company was forced to cancel a recent bond offering and its stock is down 30% since the beginning of the year, but its cash hoard gives it plenty of room to maneuver. According to Nomura's estimates, Hutchison Whampoa has $14.5 billion in cash and liquid assets on hand, more than enough to cover the additional $10.2 billion the company will need to complete its multicountry 3G buildout. "Funny how people have been slagging off conglomerates for some time," says...
...that the president has increased his hoard, the question becomes how skillfully Bush will manage his new stack of political assets: Will he over-read the results of the election in the manner of Bill Clinton in 1992 and Newt Gingrich in 1996? Or will he realize that the Democrats helped author their own demise and that being a good anti-terror president may not translate into support for his ideas on tax cuts or prescription drugs...
That first year of college, I constantly quiz people on where they went to high school, what it was like and what they thought of it. I hoard anecdotes about single-sex boarding schools, Manhattan prep schools, magnet schools, even the occasional unsung public school. No one’s even heard of Waldorf Schools...