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...Yukos officials and diplomats say, Putin went silent and the government attitude inexplicably changed. A court decision gave Yukos a mere five days to pay $3.4 billion in back taxes, fines and penalties for 2000. Two days later, bailiffs "arrested" the firm's accounts, froze its assets, and refused payment in Sibneft shares. A similar bill for 2001 quickly followed; two more...
Because Harvard holds “preferred” shares of Surgut, it is entitled to a yearly dividend payment based on Surgut’s net profits, said Megan Kelleher, a spokesperson for Sowood Capital Management, which is handling the case on behalf of Harvard...
Jefferson's recommendation was that the Administration refuse any payment of tribute and prepare at once to outfit a naval squadron to visit the Mediterranean in strength. Ultimately, he proposed, America should arrange for an international concert of powers composed of all those nations whose shipping and citizens were preyed upon. "Justice and Honor favor this course," he wrote, adding that it would also save money in the long...
...would take six decades for the U.S. to acknowledge Haiti's independence. By the time Abraham Lincoln did so in 1862, America was already at war with itself over the issue of slavery. Haiti, burdened by its postindependence isolation and the 100 million francs in payment it was forced to give France for official recognition--an amount estimated to be worth nearly $22 billion today, which some Haitians insist should be repaid--began its perilous slide toward turmoil and dependency, resulting in a 19-year U.S. occupation and two subsequent interventions in the past 100 years. In Notes...
...sound track of Stax soul tunes. It's an acute yet nonjudgmental picture of a crusade that will continue long after the buyers drive home in their sputtering purchases and the Slasher heads for another town to preach his American gospel of hope and redemption for one low monthly payment. Can he get an amen? --By James Poniewozik