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BBC News
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The Venezuelan government has accused US oil giant Exxon Mobil of exaggerating the value of the company's former investments in the country.
Exxon is seeking $12bn (�6.1bn) in compensation from Venezuela's state energy group, PDVSA, after its interes..
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MSNBC
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American International Group Inc., which has lost billions on bad bets on the mortgage market, on Sunday named former Citigroup Inc. executive Robert Willumstad to replace the insurer’s besieged chief executive.
Willumstad, 62, will take over from Ma..
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BusinessWeek
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After a decade of rapid advances in the former Soviet Union, Russia's mobile operators are placing big bets in India, Vietnam, and elsewhere
The Russians must know a thing or two about mobile telephony. After all, few countries in the world have seen s..
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BusinessWeek
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Bear Stearns Chairman Cayne, CEO Schwartz, and former Co-President Spector reaped megamillions as part of their compensation packages
Just 11 months ago, Bear Stearns (BSC) Chairman Jimmy Cayne was almost a billionaire. The value of his nearly 6 millio..
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BBC News
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A French court has ordered that the former Societe Generale trader accused of losing billions of euros be released from custody.
Jerome Kerviel has been held in prison since 8 February, as the investigation into the 5bn euros ($7bn; �3.5bn) lost at h..
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BBC News
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A fraud trial is set to get under way in Switzerland of six former executives from defunct firm ISL, former marketing partners of world football body Fifa.
The six face possible prison sentences of up to four-and-a-half years if found guilty of charges..
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BusinessWeek
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The vice-chairman is about to join buyout firm GenNx—with his former employer as a major investor
Lloyd G. Trotter jokes that if he were to write a book, he would call it Living My Life Between Quarters. No more. After 37 years of pushing to make his..
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Washington Post
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The fraud trial of fallen media mogul Conrad Black and other former officials of Hollinger International moved close to going to a jury Tuesday as the defense concluded a week of closing arguments and the lead prosecutor pressed one last time for guilty v..
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BusinessWeek
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The former Fed chief hit BookExpo America to promote his forthcoming memoir, for which he reportedly nabbed an $8.5 million advance
O.K., so he's not a spellbinding speaker. Nevertheless, on June 1, Alan Greenspan drew 1,000-plus attentive publishing-i..
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Washington Post
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As the Bush administration narrows a list of candidates to replace World Bank President Paul D. Wolfowitz, experience running a large organization has emerged as a primary requirement for the job, senior administration officials said yesterday.
The nex..
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BusinessWeek
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Former President Bill Clinton brokers a $5 billion effort to retrofit buildings in 16 major cities around the world
Can fixing energy-wasting buildings stave off global instability? Former president Bill Clinton thinks so. In the biggest project his fo..
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BusinessWeek
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Former media titans such as Eisner and Bochco are finding lots to like as they produce new shows aimed at social networking's explosive growth
The acting is wooden, the monologue darn near nonexistent. But there's something mildly addicting about Prom..
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Denver Post
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Afshin Mohebbi was the CEO's right-hand man. (The Denver Post)Related ArticlesMar 25:Judge demands order in courtMar 23:Thursday's Nacchio trial highlightsWitness: Nacchio not forced to sell stocksConscience had Qwest exec in a lockEx-workers are among sp..
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Denver Post
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With the U.S. at risk for petroleum-import disruptions, former National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane has a four-part plan to reduce reliance on imports. He will present that plan Saturday at a Denver energy conference.
"My foremost concern is the..
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BusinessWeek
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Former Vice-President Al Gore's return to Congress to urge immediate action on global warming drew a mix of applause and strong criticism
Former Vice-President Al Gore received as close to a red-carpet welcome as its gets on Capitol Hill on Mar. 21, as..
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Denver Post
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Joe Nacchio's attorneys plan to show that he didn't want to sell his Qwest stock in late 2000 and early 2001 but that the board of directors insisted the then-chief executive sell the shares.
The government intends to show, on the other hand, that Nacc..
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CNN
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Former U.S. media baron Conrad Black's racketeering trial got under way Tuesday with a federal prosecutor calling him a corporate swindler who stole millions of dollars and his attorney ripping into the government's star witness as a liar.
"It was thef..
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BusinessWeek
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A former TV personality, Tomoyo Nonaka attempted to run Sanyo on a green platform, but ended up leading it to losses
It might have been to atone for a recent accounting scandal or the denouement of a struggle with Sanyo Electric's (SANYY) board of dire..
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Globe and Mail
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has filed charges against four former executives at Nortel Networks Corp., accusing them of engaging in accounting fraud to meet earnings forecasts.
The Ontario Securities Commission, meanwhile, says it will..
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Washington Post
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An Alexandria jury today acquitted two former America Online Inc. executives of conspiracy and securities fraud, bringing a decisive conclusion to a government probe that fell far short of its mark...
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