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1990 deal mystery: Who bought Bush's shares in Harken?
Baltimore Sun ^

Posted on 07/15/2002 10:59:44 AM PDT by count me in

Edited on 07/15/2002 11:01:24 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

It is a stock market whodunit that has withstood a decade of scrutiny. Who bought George W. Bush's oil company stock just before its value dropped? The 1990 transaction involving shares of Harken Energy Corp. allowed the future president to pay off a bank loan for his now-famous $600,000 stake in the Texas Rangers baseball team.

Federal regulators who examined the deal as a possible insider trade never asked. Bush says he doesn't know, and the White House declines to ask the broker who handled the transaction.

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To: grania
Courtesy of Uncle Bill on this thread ---- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/611882/posts?

And you can get the "feel" of Harvard's participation on those later posts and these following links ------

The Hijackers of Harvard: Herbert S. (Pug) Winokur - By Catherine Austin Fitts

Hold the line: Harvard Watch's "Trading Truth: A Report on Harvard's Enron Entanglements" - By Catherine Austin Fitts

21 posted on 07/16/2002 6:23:56 AM PDT by rdavis84
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To: Fred Mertz; Uncle Bill
UB, want to add here?
22 posted on 07/16/2002 6:24:58 AM PDT by rdavis84
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