Word: traders
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Born in Haiti as the illegitimate son of a French planter and slave trader and his Creole mistress, Audubon was sent to France for a brief education and then to live on a property owned by his father near Philadelphia, where he became enamored of local birds and wildlife. But a series of businesses he tried all failed; in 1819 he had to declare bankruptcy. That was when, at age 35, he decided to enlarge the collection of American bird paintings he had done over the years and prepare them for publication...
CEFERINO JIMENEZ MALLA When in Roma...Spanish horse trader is the first Gypsy beatified by the Catholic Church...
...very much of a kind of community spirit which is involved in Islam and this was of course all formulated back in the seventh century, when trade was very simple and not at all well developed," said Hayes. "...There were abuses taking place which the prophet [Mohammed], himself a trader, observed and felt he could remedy...
TOKYO: Former Sumitomo trader Yasuo Hamanaka, whose staggering losses roiled the world's metal markets and raised serious questions about how Japanese firms are run went on trial Monday and, as expected, pled guilty. Hamanaka is charged with forgery and fraud that left his firm $2.6 billion in the hole. Prosecutors say Hamanaka forged the signatures of two of his superiors to cover his massive trading losses, swindling a Sumitomo subsidiary out of $770 million. Sumitomo's star trader is the only person charged and faces up to 15 years in prison. British and U.S. investigators are continuing separate probes...
...three days of hearings next month, Lake will say that had he known, he would have prevented Chinese weapons trader Wang Jun from taking coffee with the President on Feb. 6, 1996, a meeting even Clinton said later was "clearly inappropriate." When it comes to blame, Lake may spare no one--not even White House chief of staff Leon Panetta...