Word: trader
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Pittsburgh to New England answer to the Genovese gang in various ways. So did Teamster leader Jimmy Hoffa of Detroit, who vanished without a trace in 1975 after pledging to boot his Mob sponsors out of the union. At the time, the family was emerging as a global trader of sorts, in one case allegedly trying to pass $950 million in counterfeit and stolen securities to the Vatican's bank in Rome. In a recent operation, the family shipped counterfeit watches, wallets and clothing from Hong Kong to Florida...
...fallen Wall Street arbitrager last week after a Manhattan jury found him guilty on four felony counts of securities fraud and conspiracy. The seven-week trial of the former head of the Jamie Securities stock-trading firm was the latest featuring a former business associate of confessed insider trader Ivan Boesky -- and the first featuring public testimony by Boesky...
...South Korea's resurrection has been an economic miracle, the country has been slower to mature politically. A succession of authoritarian rulers transformed the nation into the world's 13th largest trader -- but at great cost to personal freedom. The first truly free elections in 27 years were held in 1987, when Roh beat a divided opposition by pledging to support democracy...
...when all else fails, there is always her abiding ability to disarm friend and foe alike. On the evening of Agnos' inauguration as current mayor, Barbagelata and his wife Angela were having dinner with a group of friends at Trader Vic's, off Taylor Street, when they saw the tall figures of Feinstein and her husband saunter into the restaurant. Feinstein immediately came over, threw out her arms and said, grinning, "C'mon, John, you ole curmudgeon, give me a kiss!" Barbagelata complied. "What could I do?" he says ruefully. "She's a charmer...
...such a world, it is difficult to condemn an honest trader. The Harvard researchers have every right to lay their wares on the table and present them in the most appealing light. The role of the press is not to denounce such efforts but to ensure that despite the attractive presentation of merchandise, news standards remain intact...