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...Middle East and has since become a central figure in the network of private arms dealers supplying Iran and the contras. In early 1982 Secord was placed on leave while a federal grand jury investigated his alleged ties to Edwin Wilson, a renegade CIA operative turned arms merchant. But with Carlucci's approval, Secord was soon reinstated. Secord, who was never indicted, was many rungs down in the hierarchy from Carlucci, and one of Carlucci's subordinates last week took responsibility for making the decision to reinstate Secord...
...example, it grows oilseeds in Argentina, stores them in Noble-owned warehouses, ships them to China from Noble-controlled Argentine ports, processes and refines them in Noble factories on the mainland and delivers the oil to customers. With 72 offices in 42 countries, Noble is the second largest coal merchant in the world and a major exporter of Asian-grown coffee. One of its latest lines is ethanol, an alternative fuel made from agricultural products that is becoming more attractive as oil prices rise. Noble is a large investor in ethanol factories in the U.S. "We have to constantly reinvent...
Penney has another feather in its cap: a more established online presence than Kohl's. Last January, in fact, its online sales hit $1 billion--and in the third quarter, sales via the Internet rose an impressive 27%. Ullman boasts that the company is "the largest mass merchant" online. A key advantage: the infrastructure set up to support the company's decades-old catalog business...
...weekend also saw the Crimson’s women competing at a championship of their own, the Atlantic Coast Women’s Championship at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point...
...peak in 1997. Part of the problem stems from bureaucratic hurdles for importers and heavy import duties that account for 60% of the price of the bottle. "There are still immense difficulties importing wine into China," says Alun Griffiths, wine director at Berry Bros. & Rudd, the big U.K. wine merchant. So will the market ever take off? Yes, the optimists continue to believe. Chinese officials sometimes extol the healthy qualities of wine - in any case seeing it as better than local spirits which are often made of rice, corn and other cereals. China has officially committed to reduce import tariffs...