Icahn Buys a Stake in Chesapeake Energy
Date: 26 May 2012
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The chief executive has used personal stakes in Chesapeake’s wells to obtain more than $800 million in private loans. Carl Icahn wants four new directors on the nine-member board.
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Obama's Counterterrorism Self-Correction
Date: 27 May 2012
By Albert R. Hunt | Bloomberg News
Albert Hunt
The Bush administration's anti-terrorism policies were excessive, reined in by the courts and Congress. His successor then overpromised in the other direction and was reined in by politics.
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A Director With Irons in So Many Fires
Date: 26 May 2012
By Gretchen Morgenson
Gretchen Morgenson
The woes are multiplying for James W. Breyer, a venture capitalist who is on the board of four companies with high-profile problems: Facebook, Dell, News Corporation and Wal-Mart.
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Media Executive’s Father Ordered to Pay $250,000 in Suit Over Fake Picasso
Date: 26 May 2012
By Michael Cieply
Michael Cieply
Jack Kavanaugh, the father of the Relativity Media chief executive, Ryan Kavanaugh, was ordered on Friday to pay $250,000 in punitive damages for his role in the sale of a fraudulent Picasso drawing.
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When Sailing Is Deadly
Date: 26 May 2012
By Charles McGrath
Charles McGrath
Landlubbers might be forgiven for wondering if sailboat racing, seemingly such a genteel and boring pastime, hasn’t turned into a rich man’s version of Indy car racing.
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Sunday Breakfast Menu, May 27
Date: 26 May 2012
By Emmarie Huetteman
Emmarie Huetteman
On Memorial Day weekend, the Sunday show guests include Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, Rudolph W. Giuliani, Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Newt Gingrich.
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State Quarters
Date: 26 May 2012
By Deb Amlen
Deb Amlen
Admiring some minty fresh artwork with Byron Walden.
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Tunisia Salafis Riot to Protest an Arrest
Date: 27 May 2012
Hundreds of hard-line Islamists rampaged through the town of Jendouba, attacking a police station and stores selling alcohol, said the official news agency.
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Romney Backers Explain Past Criticism of Him
Date: 27 May 2012
By Brian Knowlton
Brian Knowlton
Romney’s supporters explain their past attacks on the Republican candidate.
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