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  • Hillary Clinton 2008 Confirmed?

    01/17/2005 4:38:09 PM PST · by yoe · 51 replies · 6,759+ views
    National Ledger ^ | Jan. 16, 2005 | Staff
    New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) has long been rumored as desperately seeking the democratic nomination for president in 2008. And while many political observers fully expect the power hungry former First Lady to hit the campaign trail within only a few months of being re-elected as a US Senator in 2006, US News & World report claims to have a confirmation of sorts. From USNews.Com's Washington Whispers: Hillary's in… You don't have to take it from us about Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton 's desire to run for president. Her brothers, Hugh and Tony Rodham, say it's true. Friends...
  • An All-but-Unknown Bidder Wins a Rich Russian Oil Stake

    12/19/2004 8:00:43 PM PST · by crushelits · 3 replies · 386+ views
    nytimes.com ^ | December 20, 2004 | Erin E. Arvelund and Steven Lee Myers
    MOSCOW, Russia dismantled its largest oil producer, Yukos, on Sunday by auctioning off the company's largest subsidiary to a little-known concern that registered as a last-minute bidder on Friday. Gazprom, the country's natural gas monopoly and the Kremlin-favored front-runner to buy the Yukos property, did not even make a bid.The mystery surrounding the winner - a company called the Baikal Finans Group that is registered in Tver, a medium-size city 170 miles northwest of Moscow - immediately raised suspicion among industry analysts. Advertisement An analyst, Christopher Weafer, the equity strategist at Alfa Bank, remarked after the auction results that "the...