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...their private life, once their on-field obligations were over." French-African roots were key to signing stars like Didier Drogba, an Ivorian who plays for the top English team, Chelsea. Those ties also allowed Koné to go to the next level, signing Airness as the official uniform supplier for several French pro clubs and half a dozen national squads in Africa. Next season London club Fulham will join that stable, with a bonus for Airness: club owner Mohammed al Fayed will place Airness products in another asset of his--Harrods...
Meet Jim Oberwetter, U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, which is America’s largest oil supplier and a key strategic partner in the war on terror. Mr. Oberwetter had never set foot in the desert kingdom before he became Ambassador two years ago. His resume boasts a stint as chairman of the American Petroleum Institute, which lobbies on behalf of over 400 oil and gas interests in Washington D.C., and work lobbying for the Dallas Chamber of Commerce, but no knowledge of Arabic. More importantly perhaps, his former employer, Hunt Consolidated Oil, gave $250,000 to Bush?...
...other half of the co-president, co-COO team. That means no artificial colors, additives or preservatives. For meat, it means no antibiotics, hormones and animal by-products in the feeds, including in deli meats. For fish, it means no antibiotics, mercury or PCBS. (Whole Foods owns a seafood supplier on each coast...
...Energy, China, the world?s second-largest consumer of energy (after the U.S.), is importing 48% of the 6.5 million barrels of oil it uses per day. China buys 16.8% of its imported oil from Saudia Arabia and 13.8% from Iran, making the country China?s second most important supplier...
...China and increasingly India, the world's two most populous countries, are factors in the global economy. Nobody paid any attention to them during economic recoveries in 1975, 1982 and 1991. But today, China, which recently became the world's fourth largest economy, has great significance both as a supplier of manufactured goods and a consumer of natural resources. The demand from China for raw materials has already resulted in higher equilibrium prices for many commodities, from coal to copper to palm oil. And if all goes well in India, which has many economic similarities to China 20 years...