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- Standard Oil and Yukos in the Context of Early Capitalism in the United States and Russia
- Abstract: The author compares two conflicts between large businesses and the state in the United States and Russia. Although almost one hundred years apart, the Standard Oil and Yukos cases are comparable in so far as they erupted in the context of early capitalism in a weak institutional environment. Both...
- Research articles 2008-07-01
- David Rockefeller pledges 100 million dollars to Harvard
- NEW YORK AFP — Retired banker and philanthropist David Rockefeller has pledged 100 million dollars to Harvard University, the largest gift from an alumnus in the school's history, Harvard announced Friday. Rockefeller, a member of the Harvard class of 1936 and scion of the wealthy family that started Standard...
- Research articles 2008-04-25
- GenSpring Family Offices Moves to New Office in New York City to Accommodate Growing Staff and Client Base
- New Office Located in the Former Rockefeller Town House on West 54th Street PALM BEACH, Fla. -- GenSpring Family Offices formerly Asset Management Advisors, one of the nation's leading multi-family offices for ultra high net worth families, announced today that it has moved to new offices in mid-town Manhattan....
- Research articles 2007-12-12
- Robert Buckley, Urban Development Policy Expert, Joins Rockefeller Foundation as Managing Director
- To: BUSINESS EDITORSContact: Michael Cowan of The Rockefeller Foundation, +1-212-852- 8412, mcowan@rockfound.org NEW YORK, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin announced today that Robert M. Buckley is joining the Foundation as a Managing Director. Formerly Lead Economist at The World Bank in Washington, D.C., Buckley, 59, is...
- Research articles 2007-11-13
- Nicholas Turner, Leader in Criminal Justice Reform, Joins Rockefeller Foundation as Managing Director.
- Byline: Rockefeller Foundation NEW YORK, March 14 AScribe Newswire -- Rockefeller Foundation president Judith Rodin announced today that Nicholas Turner is joining the Foundation as a new Managing Director. Turner, 40, an attorney, is currently Vice President and Chief Program Officer...
- Research articles 2007-03-14
- Rockefeller vs. ExxonMobile: the New "Dallas"
- Rockefeller vs. ExxonMobile: the New "Dallas"Perhaps I'm wrong....However I feel that with 40 Billion (That'sBillion with a B") Exxon/Mobile could find a few bucks to satisfy both these arguments. $40Billion is larger than the economies of many countries around the world.ExxonMobilYes they have tons of money but any resolution will...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-28
- Rockefeller adds on 'Indecency': senator: pay TV oversight should be in telecom bill.(John D. Rockefeller )
- WASHINGTON -- Sen. John D. Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) said he wants to include in pending telecommunications-reform legislation proposals to authorize, for the first time in pay TV history, federal regulation of cable and satellite TV providers for indecent and excessively violent content. ...
- Research articles 2006-03-06
- Probe of NSA deepens
- WASHINGTON -- The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee wants the panel to look into whether the National Security Agency was eavesdropping without proper authority in the weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks. It was one of the questions outlined by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D- W.Va., in...
- Research articles 2006-02-18
- Frist probe raises questions on blind trusts
- WASHINGTON -- Among the U.S. Senate's 40 or so millionaires, nearly half have stowed assets in blind trusts to eliminate conflicts of interest. But two -- with eyes on other offices -- have sold potentially troublesome holdings. Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., and Sen. Jon Corzine, D-N.J., each recently...
- Research articles 2005-10-24
- Rockefeller takes on Empire State for eagle's view of New York
- NEW YORK AFP — After 20 years, New York's renowned Rockefeller Center skyscraper will reopen its observation deck next month, challenging the Empire State Building's lock on the best bird's eye view of the city. Organisers are expecting around two million people a year to visit the renovated "Top...
- Research articles 2005-10-17
- West Virginia's small airports compete in a changing aviation industry.
- By Jennifer Ginsberg, The Charleston Gazette, W.Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 26--At a time when the nation's largest airlines are losing money and some have filed for bankruptcy or are teetering on the edge, West Virginia airports, like most nationwide, are...
- Research articles 2004-09-26
- Panel wants CIA chief now
- WASHINGTON -- A Senate report detailing serious flaws in U.S. intelligence-gathering highlights the urgent need for a permanent CIA director given the current terrorist threat, leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Sunday. George Tenet, who announced in early June that he was resigning for personal reasons, left...
- Research articles 2004-07-12
- Local grant-seekers not concerned about new restrictions from foundations
- Ask any American if he or she would knowingly give money to support acts of terrorism and you'll likely get a resounding "No" as your answer. But money is sometimes inadvertently routed into organizations that do support terrorist groups and now some of the nation's largest foundations - including the...
- Research articles 2004-07-01
- What's in a name: the power of fusion politics in a local election.
- I. Introduction New York State has a long history of strong third parties. The ability of minor parties to survive in the state comes from the practice of cross-endorsements, known as "fusion" politics. State election law allows both multiple nominations and multiple ballot ...
- Research articles 2004-01-01
- Federal Prescription Drug Legislation Needs Work, West Virginia Senator Says.
- By Jennifer Ginsburg, The Charleston Gazette, W.Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 22--CHAPMANVILLE, W.Va.--When Hattie Vance's doctor suggested she take a prescription drug to help with her arthritis, she refused. A month's supply of pills would cost about $100. ...
- Research articles 2003-09-22
- Senator urges Bush to tell if war claims exaggerated
- WASHINGTON -- President Bush could make the controversy over the now-infamous 16 words of his State of the Union address go away by telling Americans whether the speech's justification for war was exaggerated, the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Sunday. "It's just a question of...
- Research articles 2003-07-21
- Culture cash of the titans.(Viewpoint)(American business and music patronage)
- Byline: Greg David In the 1880s, the titans of American business tired of sitting on the main floor of the city's opera house while the old aristocracy looked down on them from the prized boxes above. Led by William Vanderbilt, J.P. Morgan and Jay...
- Research articles 2003-06-09
- Bumpers laments not running for president
- THE TOUGHEST DECISION Dale Bumpers ever made was not running for president of the United States. When asked why he didn't run after agonizing over it in. 1983 and again in 1987, the former senator, who is known for his oratory skills, was almost at a loss for words....
- Research articles 2003-03-10
- Bumpers 'laments' not running for president
- The toughest decision Dale Bumpers ever made was not running for president of the United States. When asked why he didn't run after agonizing over it in 1983 and again in 1987, the former senator, who is known for his oratory skills, was almost at a loss for words. "I...
- Research articles 2003-03-03
- Behind the numbers
- ARKANSAS BUSINESS RANKings of the wealthiest Arkansans, a popular feature since its debut in 1995, is on its last legs. The continuing loss of publicly traded companies from the state has made it much harder to come up with reliable data -- and that is the only type we feel...
- Research articles 2002-11-11
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