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...death" in California's capital and noting the conspicuous lack of both soul food and soul brothers in the area, the NBA's most sought-after free agent re-signed with the Sacramento Kings. "I know he was saying it was boring, and that stuff about the food," says Jeffrey Webber, Chris' younger brother and contract negotiator. "But there is no way that food or the city life was going to be the final denominator in this decision." The final denominator was $122.7 million, to be paid over seven years. Now Webber can afford to buy a cooler city...
SENTENCED. JEFFREY ARCHER, 61, former deputy chairman of Britain's Tory party and best-selling novelist, to four years in prison; for perjury and obstruction of justice; in London. After asking friend Ted Francis to support a fake alibi to counter a newspaper's claim that he'd had an affair with a prostitute, Archer sued the Daily Star for libel and won. Justice Francis Potts called Archer's actions "the most serious offense of perjury I have experienced...
...will initially offer low prices, pound competitors out of business and then raise prices. They cite the "most-favored-nation" clause, which requires member airlines to offer Orbitz every low fare they negotiate with others. Expedia vice president Eric Blachford says that clause gives Orbitz an unfair advantage. CEO Jeffrey Katz insists that Orbitz, which is a separate corporation, won those stipulations fair and square through arm's-length negotiations and technology that reduces booking costs. "Orbitz is operating completely within the law," he says...
...last month a Eugene, Ore., judge handed down a prison sentence of 22 years and eight months to Jeffrey Luers, only 22 years old himself, not just for burning the SUVs but also for attempting to set fire to an empty oil tanker two weeks earlier. An accomplice, Craig (Critter) Marshall, 28, pleaded guilty and got 5 1/2 years in prison. "I think it's great," said Michael Morrow, head of the FBI's nine-agent office in Eugene. "It's just a matter of time before there are more arrests...
...them in a conference room, and told them not to come out until they had a plan for fixing the shuddering economy. The best and brightest dutifully took their places around the mahogany table and Premier Chang Chun-hsiung opened the floor to ideas. One came from banker-tycoon Jeffrey Koo, who said the meeting was a big waste of time because there were too many politicians present. Morris Chang, celebrity chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp., said he didn't think 34 people could agree on anything. A couple of ministers noted that drastic measures were probably needed. Everyone...