Little-known Texas patron guided Bush policies on vouchers, tort reform

By Kathryn Wallace

WASHINGTON, July 31, 2000 — Only three days after Texas Governor George W. Bush was inaugurated in 1995, he declared the state of the Texas

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"… ll as on other conservative issues that Bush has embraced — is a wealthy businessman and political operator who is little known outside the tightly knit Republ …"

"… much as they want to state candidates. “Leininger is the Texas breed of businessman,” said Greg Talley, a public relations consultant with McDonald and Asso …"

"… s conservative political mailings, in 1989.Winning Strategies. With Dallas businessman Bob Reese, Leininger co-owns the political consulting company, which has a …"

Army general had business deal with Clinton-Gore money man

WASHINGTON, D.C. April 27, 2000 — Lt. Gen. Claudia J. Kennedy, the first female three-star general in the history of the U.S. Army and the a

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"… Clinton’s library and Hillary Clinton’s campaign for the U.S. Senate.A businessman with interests ranging from venture capital to home building, McAuliffe is …"

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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"… clude former White House counsel Jack Quinn (the lawyer for American-Swiss businessman Marc Rich, who was granted a controversial last-minute pardon by the outgo …"

"… ominent during the 1992 presidential election. Ross Perot, the billionaire businessman who later founded the Reform Party, vowed to “slam the revolving door sh …"

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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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"… hat laid the golden — or diamond — egg. So Bychkov turned to a Russian businessman named Andrei Chernukhin, a man whom one FBI agent bluntly referred to as …"

"… over control of Golden ADA to one of Chernukhin’s associates, an Indian businessman. “They took all my shares and left me penniless, like an empty sack, in …"

Mr. Wong: pirate or law-abiding citizen

By Andreas Harsono

BATAM ISLAND, Indonesia, April 13, 1999 — "Why should I continue this night business life if he is really the mastermind of the pirates?" Ay

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"… s spoken with a strong Chinese influence. He looks more like a mom-and-pop businessman than the pirate captain romanticised by writers and film makers as a one-e …"

"… ailing the wild seas with his raven-haired pirate bride.But this Singapore businessman — whose passport identifies him as Chew Cheng Kiat, but who is widely kn …"

"… i, the capital of Taiwan.The boss of this alleged syndicate is a Hong Kong businessman named Ling Sau Pen, whose key men include Tan Chan San in Johor Baru, Chan …"

"… to Ayu and Lasenda, threatening to beat and to kill Wong if the Singapore businessman did not pay a ransom.Wong only came back to Batam on Nov 29 and decided to …"

FBI tracked alleged Russian mob ties of Giuliani campaign supporter

By Knut Royce

WASHINGTON, December 14, 1999 — The Center for Public Integrity is investigating how billions of dollars of allegedly corrupted money from t

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"… who immigrated from Odessa, Ukraine, in 1974, is an enormously successful businessman who generously shares his wealth with charitable causes.And to Giuliani, K …"

"… ilevich.In 1994, a San Francisco diamond company headed by a young Russian businessman contributed $25,000 to the unsuccessful California gubernatorial campaign …"

"… n between the reputed Latvian racketeer Grigori Loutchansky and a New York businessman in which they reportedly discussed contributing $25,000 to the Democratic …"

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Hier's higher connections

By Yossi Melman

TEL AVIV, Israel, December 1, 1999 — This article was originally published in Israel's Ha'aretz newspaper on December 1, 1999. It is reprin

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"… quired from Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal the right to use his name, like a businessman acquiring the rights to a brand name. He called the finished project the S …"

The state of the President's finances: Can Estrada explain his wealth? Part two

July 23, 2000 — This two-part series was originally published on the website of the Philippine Center of Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) on

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"… Apart from Ejercito, the other incorporators of the construction firm were businessman Dante Tan, a key figure in the BW scandal; Tan’s lawyer Jose Salvador M. …"

"… .; Francis Ablan, who was named BW chairman early this year; and Malaysian businessman Kenneth Eswaran, Tan’s business associate who is a major shareholder of …"

"… ding firm.Another Gomez partner is Talreja Mangharam Shivandas, the Indian businessman who runs the restaurants and VIP lounges at the Ninoy Aquino International …"

Wives and children live lavish lifestyle

By Sheila Coronel

MANILA, November 15, 2000 — Many years ago, he built one for the first lady, a sprawling mansion at 1 Polk St. in North Greenhills in San Ju

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"… rty, according to land records, was bought in 1998 by presidential friend, businessman Jacinto Ng, when he took over KB Space Holdings, a company owned by the Ro …"

Right on the money: The George W. Bush profile

By Charles Lewis

On January 30, 1990, Platt's Oilgram News, a respected trade journal of the petroleum industry, reported that a subsidiary of a small, Dalla

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"… spot in the guard for the young Bush at the urging of Sid Adger, a Houston businessman and close friend of Bush’s father, then a U.S. Representative from Houst …"

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