[eureka!]

"The company had attracted many notable business and political figures as investors, including Terry McAuliffe, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, who profited by selling Global Crossing stock before it declined. Another early investor was former President George Bush, who accepted stock in lieu of an $80,000 fee for speaking to Global Crossing customers in Tokyo in 1999, although it is not known whether Mr. Bush sold his stock. Other investors included the Tisch family of New York and Lodwrick Cook, the retired chairman of ARCO and a big Republican Party fund-raiser."

Nice balance in reporting by the Clymers....

[steveegg]

I notice that the score is Republicans mentioned as such 2, DemonRATs mentioned as such 1 (the Tisch family's party affiliation is conveniently not mentioned), and they decided to not mention that Global Crossing recently financed a D'Asshole fundraiser and bankrolled Henry (Nostrilitis) Waxman's last run for his seat in Congress.

Now where did I hear Hutchison Whampoa before? Could it have been in 1996, bankrolling Klintoon's purchase of 4 more years in the Oval Orifice? If I had to depend on the New York Slimes for my news, I wouldn't know.