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...friends and music-industry types, but it found its way onto the Web and became an underground sensation. Hits on Burton's website went from 30 a day to 11,000, and he distributed an extra 3,000 CDs, many to independent record stores, hoping to recoup some costs. No go. EMI Group, which releases the Beatles' recordings, ordered him to stop. So we've finally come to this: illegal downloads of illegal music...
...telecommunications billionaire, said before doling out the black-and-gold plastic. "I'm not aware of any other country ever having a club like this," said Peter M. Kennedy, chairman of investment bank Domonick Company AG. While he doubted he'll ever visit enough golf clubs or spas to recoup his investment, he said he bought the card "to show my support for Thailand." How much more support is out there for the scheme, dreamed up personally by Thaksin, remains to be seen. Thaksin has appointed a corps of private sales agents and told Thai embassy officials to hawk...
...aware of any other country ever having a club like this," said Peter M. Kennedy, chairman of investment bank Domonick Company AG. While he doubted he'll ever visit enough golf clubs or spas to recoup his investment, he said he bought the card "to show my support for Thailand...
Now—unbeknownst to Gerolimatos—the House is raising money to help her recoup her losses...
Although a U.N. resolution requires that Iraqi assets be returned to Iraq, neither Jordan, Syria nor Lebanon has fully complied. A coalition official says Amman hopes to use the money to help Jordanian firms that did business with Saddam recoup their losses, though a senior Jordanian banking official denies it. Damascus says it does not have any of the money but has allowed a team of U.S. and Iraqi experts into Syria to investigate Saddam's finances. Meanwhile, some of the accounts in Lebanese banks remain open. "We're trying to get [those] banks to give us information...