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There is anecdotal evidence to suggest that pirate money is still driving a real estate boom in Kenya. Brokers and Somalis in Eastleigh point to new buildings, housing estates and businesses said to have been started with piracy money. They tell stories of Somalis bidding two to three times the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Down and Out in Nairobi: Somali Pirates in Retirement | 4/1/2010 | See Source »

The billionaire investor has taken control of 10 casino properties in the past three months and is currently vying for three more. He grabbed control of nine Tropicana Entertainment casinos, including the Tropicana in Atlantic City, acquired the partly built Fontainebleau megacasino in Las Vegas and is currently in a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Carl Icahn Is Wagering Big on Casinos | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

An independent consumer agency isn't the most vital provision for preventing another meltdown, but it's the most vital provision for persuading ordinary families that reform is about them. And along with significantly less vital provisions that would help shareholders rein in executive pay, it's the starkest way...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Dems Need to Hang Tough on Financial Reform | 3/13/2010 | See Source »

U.S. defense officials have defended their contract specifications, saying that the bidding process aimed to get the best aircraft at the lowest price. However, Commander Darryn James, a Pentagon spokesman, told Reuters, "We are disappointed that Northrop is not competing." He added that neither the decision by EADS and Northrop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europeans Cry Foul Over a Defense Contract | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

Indeed, one French executive of an international group, who asked not to be named because he formerly worked as a French diplomat, says the main problem with the refueling-plane bidding process was the Pentagon's pretense that the work was up for grabs in the first place. "All nations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europeans Cry Foul Over a Defense Contract | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

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