Word: tycoons
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...imperious tycoon, decorated war hero and Holocaust survivor was last seen alive in the predawn light, pacing on the deck of his yacht, the Lady Ghislaine, as it cruised in the calm waters of the Atlantic. Only late in the morning, after a phone call to his stateroom went unanswered, was he reported missing. About six hours afterward, Maxwell's 6-ft. 2-in., 280-lb. body was found floating naked...
...year after Bush came aboard, a reclusive Saudi named Abdullah Taha Bakhsh bought an 11% stake in Harken through a Netherlands Antilles shell company. The Saudi, a tycoon with global interests in oil, real estate and jewelry, hoped Harken could someday serve as a vehicle for moving Saudi crude into the U.S. But the strategy would never come to pass...
...Tycoon Michael Smurfit, chairman of the state-owned phone company Telecom Eireann, resigned after disclosures that he owned an interest in the company that sold land to Telecom for its new headquarters...
...liaison that most seriously threatened the marriage, which endured until Luce's death in 1967, involved Lady Jeanne Campbell, granddaughter of the British press tycoon Lord Beaverbrook. As a favor to the Beaver, TIME in 1956 found a minor job in its picture department for Lady Jeanne. Luce became so openly smitten with this cheerful redhead, 31 years his junior, that rumors of the affair appeared in gossip columns. He discussed a divorce with Clare but backed away, Martin alleges, when she attempted suicide and demanded editorial control of Time Inc. as the price of freedom. On the rebound, Lady...
...charges that former President Alan Garcia Perez looted government funds by siphoning them through B.C.C.I. accounts in Panama. Returning from a month-long vacation in Europe, Garcia hotly denied the accusations. At the same time, officials in Chile and Argentina scrutinized the financial affairs of Ghaith Pharaon, a Saudi tycoon and B.C.C.I. front man who is building Hyatt hotels in both countries...