Word: tycooning
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...collapse by acquiring cheap state property; with fraud and tax evasion; by prosecutors in Moscow, after special forces surrounded his plane at an airport in Siberia. The dramatic move, part of an ongoing probe into Yukos, was seen by skeptics as a Kremlin-led effort to keep the tycoon, who has funded opposition parties, out of politics...
What began as a private e-mail exchange between a Harvard Business School (HBS) student and an investment tycoon inadvertently turned into a highly publicized and personal debate over the Russian economy...
Instead, the U.S. needs a firm response. First, it needs to be clear that it will not be manipulated—whether by an oil baron, a media tycoon, or the Kremlin itself. Second, it needs to assert priorities with respect to Russia and determine whether the benefits to national security really outweigh the complications an oil project would bring. Finally, the U.S. needs to decide whether Putin is in fact a facilitator of U.S. interests. If not, it must ask whether it is prepared to embrace global partnership with a handful of oligarchs who bankrupted their own country during...
...Certainly, Thaksin's scorecard has been impressive. This week's APEC Leaders' Summit in Bangkok has provided the perfect stage for Thaksin to flaunt his success and build his growing reputation as the most dominant leader in the region. Since taking office in February 2001, the billionaire telecom tycoon turned politician has presided over the fastest-growing economy in Southeast Asia. Last year Thailand's GDP rose 5.2%, and it's on track to expand 5.8-6.2% this year thanks to sizable increases in exports and domestic spending. The Thai stock market, meanwhile, has soared 67% so far this year...
Charles Francis didn't grow up in Cody, but he knew the town from childhood summers at the nearby ranch of oil tycoon H.L. Hunt, a longtime family friend. He remembered Cody's "big-sky libertarian feeling" and theatrically Western spirit (the town was named for showman Buffalo Bill; wannabe gunslingers still walk around in period dress to impress the tourists). In 2001, Francis, who had become a Washington p.r. man for DCI Group, a corporate lobbying firm, wanted to start an organization that would institutionalize the ties between well-connected gay Republicans like himself and the straight party leadership...