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- Real Madrid 'refused Man City bid for Van Nistelrooy'
- MADRID AFP — Real Madrid turned down a "blank cheque" for their Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy from Manchester City after selling their Brazilian forward Robinho to the English side, sports daily Marca reported on Wednesday. Manchester City and its new owner, billionaire Arab businessman Sulaiman Al-Fahim of the...
- Research articles 2008-09-03
- Australian PM quizzed on trips donated by China businessman
- SYDNEY AFP — Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd came under fire Thursday for accepting free overseas trips while in opposition from a Chinese businessman with links to Macau casino magnate Stanley Ho. Rudd said there was nothing untoward in allowing businessman Ian Tang's company, Beijing AustChina Technology, to pay...
- Research articles 2008-03-19
- US officer charged with bribery over Iraq contracts
- NEW YORK AFP — A US Army captain has been arrested in New York on charges of accepting kickbacks in return for steering lucrative supply contracts for the US military in Iraq, prosecutors said Thursday. Austin Key, 27, was arrested late Wednesday and charged with one count of bribery...
- Research articles 2007-08-23
- Russian Arctic expedition cost nearly four million dollars
- MOSCOW AFP — A Russian expedition to the Arctic, which ended with the national flag being planted in the seabed beneath the North Pole, cost nearly four million dollars (2.8 million euros), the organisers said Saturday. The expedition "cost nearly 100 million roubles," Ivan Frolov, head of the Russian...
- Research articles 2007-08-04
- Meltdown over ice-cream gets a bit sticky.
- Byline: Matthew Drummond Jul 02, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australian businessman Giuseppe de Simone has survived legal action by the Australian Taxation Office and an investigation by the Australian Crime Commission. However, he may not be as lucky...
- Research articles 2007-07-02
- John Spira/Chicago Johnny Candlelight Vigil Announced Saturday, March 10 at 6:00 PM in West Chicago, IL
- The media and the public are invited to attend a candlelight vigil on behalf of John Spira, a successful businessman, local blues guitarist Chicago Johnny and U.S. Army veteran who has been missing since February 23, 2007. Detailed information and photos on John are available at http://www.johnspira.com and his Weblog...
- Research articles 2007-03-10
- Former Congressional Chief of Staff Pleads Guilty to Corruption Crimes
- To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: U.S. Department of Justice, +1-202-514-2008 WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- William J. Heaton, 28, former chief of staff for Congressman Robert W. Ney, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle for the District of Columbia to a one-count information charging him with conspiracy to...
- Research articles 2007-02-26
- Israeli-Russian billionaire boasts he could be PM
- JERUSALEM AFP — Israeli-Russian billionaire Arkady Gaydamak has boasted that he could become prime minister of the Jewish state if he decided to run for election. "Today I have the public support to be elected prime minister with a large majority," he was quoted as telling the country's mass-selling Yediot...
- Research articles 2006-11-19
- Fans in uproar over Yao Ming sanitary pad deal
- BEIJING AFP — A Chinese businessman has triggered outrage over his plan to register the name of China's most famous basketball player, Yao Ming, as a trademark for a women's sanitary napkin. The application has sparked vigorous opposition from the Houston Rockets center's business team and anger among Yao's fans,...
- Research articles 2006-11-10
- Malaysia's pop princess marries wealthy businessman
- KUALA LUMPUR AFP — Malaysia's pop princess Siti Nurhaliza Tarudin married a wealthy businessman in a grand ceremony attended by Malaysian royals and broadcast nationwide on television. Siti, 27, wore a traditional ethnic Malay dress made of white lace studded with crystals, and a white headscarf and tiara for...
- Research articles 2006-08-21
- Adler loses appeal over sentence.
- May 18, 2006 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal has rejected an application by Rodney Adler against the severity of his jail sentence. The Sydney businessman was jailed for a maximum of four and a...
- Research articles 2006-05-18
- Design on success takes hard yakka.
- Oct 09, 2005 (Northern Territory News - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Leading Australian indigenous businessman John Moriarty urges business in the Northern Territory to seize opportunities when they ...
- Research articles 2005-10-09
- Former director admits $1m theft from firm.
- Byline: David Darragh Aug 31, 2005 (The West Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Perth businessman Nicholas Carroll has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $A1m from recruitment firm Aurium...
- Research articles 2005-08-31
- Slovakian economy minister defies ultimatum to stand down
- BRATISLAVA AFP — Slovakia's embattled economy minister defied an ultimatum from his prime minister to resign over an unexplained multi-million dollar loan from a businessman. "I refuse to quit my job as minister as the arguments put forward by my coalition partners are unacceptable from my point of view,"...
- Research articles 2005-08-23
- Berlusconi denies role in bid for media group
- ROME AFP — Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi denied being involved in any takeover bid for RCS MediaGroup, which publishes the leading newspaper Corriere della Sera. Berlusconi released a statement to that effect after several press reports suggested he might join in a bid for the media group. ...
- Research articles 2005-08-09
- RI entrepreneur seeks to revive Narragansett label
- A Rhode Island businessman has bought the Narragansett beer brand from the Pabst Brewing Co., and plans to revive the old-line New England brew. Mark Hellendrung, former president of Nantucket Nectars, leads the investment group. The new company will be called Narragansett Brewing Co., and will be based in...
- Research articles 2005-08-01
- Russia to take US businessman into space
- MOSCOW AFP — Russia's space agency reportedly signed a deal making US businessman Gregory Olsen the next space tourist to visit the International Space Station ISS. "The contract between the federal space agency and the Space Adventures company" arranging Olsen's space tour was signed in the last few days,...
- Research articles 2005-07-06
- Family of Turkish hostage implore Iraqi kidnappers to spare him
- ANKARA AFP — Relatives of a Turkish businessman held hostage in Iraq pleaded with his kidnappers to spare his life and vowed that he would never return to Iraq if set free. "We implore these people in the name of Allah," Ahmet Musluoglu, brother of Ali Musluoglu, told AFP....
- Research articles 2005-06-08
- Romanian hostages in Iraq freed: reports
- BUCHAREST AFP — Three Romanian journalists held hostage in Iraq since last week have been freed, two private Romanian television stations reported, quoting official sources. The information could not be immediately confirmed. Journalist Marie-Jeanne Ion and her cameraman Eduard Ohanesian from Prima TV and Sorin Miscoci of the...
- Research articles 2005-04-05
- Crazy he's not: meet the upwardly mobile man.(John Ilhan)(Brief Article)
- Dec 23, 2004 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian businessman John Ilhan is persistent and committed when it comes to pursuing his goals. The founder of mobile telephone retailer Crazy John's began his working life at Ford, where he fitted car batteries. Ilhan...
- Research articles 2004-12-23
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