Cyber profits add up to secretive success story

By Nathaniel Heller

WASHINGTON, August 15, 2000 — The story of David Shaw and his company begins far from Wall Street and Washington, on the West Coast. Born in

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"… all Street minds to a White House breakfast to discuss the implications of Russia defaulting on its loan payments. Heavyweights from the Street, such as Jon …"

The Clinton top 100: Where are they now?

By M. Asif Ismail

WASHINGTON, March 31, 2003 — Two years after they left the federal government and one year after a ban that limited their lobbying activitie

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"… sues he lobbied range from loan guarantees for airlines to debt-relief for Russia and electricity distribution in Brazil.Eizenstat rejected the notion that …"

Cheney led Halliburton to feast at federal trough

By Knut Royce and Nathaniel Heller

WASHINGTON, August 2, 2000 — Under the guidance of Richard Cheney, a get-the-government-out-of-my-face conservative, Halliburton Company ove

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"… by the U.S. Export-Import Bank. It guaranteed $489 million in credits to a Russian oil company whose roots are imbedded in a legacy of KGB and Communist Par …"

"… ption, as well as drug trafficking and organized crime funds, according to Russian and U.S. sources and documents.Those claims are hotly disputed by the Rus …"

"… sian and U.S. sources and documents.Those claims are hotly disputed by the Russian oil firm’s holding company.Halliburton, which lobbied for the Ex-Im loa …"

"… lion of those funds to refurbish a massive Siberian oil field owned by the Russian company, the Tyumen Oil Co., which is controlled by a conglomerate called …"

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New global energy payments index may get boost from SEC

By Julie Vorman

A new Revenue Watch Index that measures disclosure about oil industry payments in 41 countries may soon have access to a gusher of details a

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"… No. 1 in government openness about energy management, followed by Norway, Russia, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Kazakhstan, Peru, Azerbaijan, and Ecuador, accor …"

U.S. energy, mining companies must disclose government payments

By Julie Vorman

U.S. energy companies will soon have to reveal how much they pay foreign governments for rights to produce crude oil, natural gas and minera

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"… lity to compete with quasi-governmental and national oil companies such as Russia’s Gazprom and China National Petroleum Co, API chief executive Jack Gera …"

Party machines, lobbyists and special interests: Part five

For months, disarray was the hallmark of Vice President Al Gore's campaign. Last October 6, he moved his campaign to Nashville from Washingt

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"… ressional and local candidates and for political parties and candidates in Russia, Bosnia, Romania, Nicaragua and Northern Ireland.Harrison Hickman: The cam …"

"… Clinton administration and coordinated Defense Department strategy toward Russia, Ukraine and other republics of the former Soviet Union. A nuclear weapons …"

"… d the Clinton administration for what he considered their poor handling of Russia’s privatization programs. He complained that the two entities should hav …"

"… ined that the two entities should have played a bigger role in seeing that Russia set up legal and other frameworks to control excesses. Stiglitz planned to …"

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Party machines, lobbyists and special interests: Part four

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2000 — Throughout his political career, Bill Bradley has defined himself by what he is not. ...

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"… ’t want to go down this road,” when they asked who was advising him on Russian policy.Bradley has earned a reputation within the news media as being the …"

"… epartment and went into private consulting.Stephen F. Cohen: Cohen teaches Russian and Slavic Studies at New York University. He told the Center that he and …"

"… ed since the campaign began, but that he and Bradley have always discussed Russia and U.S. foreign policy. Some of Cohen’s “strongly held views” are e …"

"… economists and political scientists ignored the history and psychology of Russia in urging the speedy transition of Russia’s command economy to a market …"

The looting of Russia

By David E. Kaplan and Christian Caryl

WASHINGTON, August 3, 1998 — "Can you take a look at this?" asked Joe Davidson's supervisor at the FBI, handing him a file. Davidson cracked

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"… r earlier, in late 1993, an informant had tipped the FBI that a handful of Russian immigrants were throwing huge sums of cash around San Francisco. And shor …"

"… ancisco. And shortly after that, Customs had noted the same men bringing a Russian helicopter into San Francisco International Airport.The men were diamond …"

"… fore had been painting sidewalk curbs. Davidson recalled an FBI seminar on Russian crime. It had focused on how high-ranking officials and mob bosses were l …"

"… e systematic theft of tons of diamonds, jewelry, silver, and gold from the Russian national treasury. The scheme was abetted by corruption that reached the …"

The day democracy died in Russia

MOSCOW, April 17, 2001 — So, it has happened. The so-called "tough plan" developed by the Kremlin's top secret analytical group has been put

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"… ck silencing of any dissident voices — of course, with the aim of making Russia a paradise of imperial glory.Early Saturday, broad-shouldered guys from In …"

"… cooking Easter cakes and dying eggs. In keeping with Orthodox traditions, Russians visit their relatives’ graves on the day before Easter night. After 70 …"

"… drama of NTV was first and foremost about the state’s plan to monopolize Russia’s information field. That is how this story differs from, say, the edito …"

"… o choose editors they like. It is about politics. It is about democracy in Russia, a democracy that perished early Saturday morning. …"

Reporters without boundaries

By Bill Birnbauer

Most of the reporting we do, even the in-depth investigative projects, stretches only as far as our borders

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"… king, for example, on a money-laundering story with journalists in the US, Russia, South America, Italy, England and Africa. And then publishing the finding …"

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