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...With reporting by Sol Biderman...
...GWENN A. BALDWIN of the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center paid about $16,000 to sponsor the Sparks but withdrew after the team's marketing staff objected to the words GAY AND LESBIAN FAMILIES on a billboard. While the folks in Los Angeles are receiving all the attention, the Miami Sol are scratching their heads at the fuss. The Sol team often appears at lesbian bars and is helping sponsor a gay festival in South Beach--with nary a blip on the talk-back radar...
...that its offshore business is clean and tightly regulated. It has to: financial services - banking, insurance and asset management - account for 42% of the island's income. Its former big earner, as a seaside resort for the British, lost out decades ago to cheap travel and the Costa del Sol, and though there is farming, fishing and some light industry, it is the island's status as a tax haven that powers the economy. Being an offshore center these days means living under constant scrutiny from industrialized nations anxious about money laundering and their tax revenues. In a globalized, Internet...
...With reporting by Sol Biderman/São Paolo, Susan Catto and Leigh Anne Williams/Toronto, Lucien O. Chauvin/Lima, Andrew Downie/Rio de Janeiro, Cristóbal Edwards and Javiera Moraga/Santiago, Uki Goñi and Elizabeth Love/Buenos Aires, Barry Hillenbrand/Washington, Christina Hoag/Caracas, Peter Katel/Mexico City and Ruth Morris/Bogot...
...With reporting by Sol Biderman/Sao Paulo, Susan Catto/Toronto, David S. Jackson/Los Angeles, Peter Katel/Mexico City, Tim Padgett/Miami and David Thigpen/Chicago...