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...million, in Bokeo province, a region of dense forest, green rice paddies and rusty tin shacks where farmers were known to find sapphires and rubies in the red earth after heavy rains. In the cozy world of expats in Vientiane the Danes came to know the owners, Bernie Jeppesen and Julie Bruns. They dined at the same restaurants, went to the same parties and were united by the shared frustrations of doing business among the corruption and cronyism of Laos. One expat, on the condition of anonymity, says: "If you want to get anything achieved here, you have...
...initially it wasn't the government that caused Gem Mining Lao's problems. A falling out between Jeppesen and his investors in late 1999?he claimed they were bilking him out of his rightful share of the company, they alleged he was ripping off the best sapphires?resulted in the competing factions battling for support from the Lao government. It was a fight Jeppesen and Bruns ultimately lost. One insider says: "Bernie paid the wrong people off." The pair fled in late May 2000, leaving behind unpaid bills, few friends and a letter appointing Kerry Danes "to handle...
DIED. ELREY JEPPESEN, 89, ex-mail pilot who parlayed his meticulous terrain notes into a multimillion-dollar business publishing air-navigation charts and other flight information; in Denver. Jeppesen began jotting notes for his own use in the '30s, when charting a course by air meant reading road maps or "hugging" railroad tracks...
Museum of Fine Arts--Nancy Armstrong, soprano; Robert Honeysucker, baritone; Daniel Stepner, violin; and Laura Jeppesen, viola de gamba. Friday, Feb. 14, 8 p.m. $12 for MFA members, students and senior citizens...
American Love Songs for Valentine's Day--Soprano Nancy Armstrong, baritone Robert Honeysucker, violinist Daniel Stepner and Laura Jeppesen, viola de gamba, perform Broadway hits by the Gershwins, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Sondheim and others. Museum of Fine Arts, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Ave., Boston. Friday, Feb. 14, 8 p.m. $15; $12 for students and seniors...