Five elected to chamber board
Five local businessmen and women were elected to the Williams-Grand Canyon Chamber of Commerce Board Oct. 3. Chamber members elected Judy Lollich, Sierra Miller, Brad Olson, Doug Wells and Todd Yung....
View ArticleGrand Canyon uranium fight heats up in D.C. – TucsonSentinel.com
TucsonSentinel.com Grand Canyon uranium fight heats up in D.C. TucsonSentinel.com More than a dozen people – including scientists, federal agency heads, Arizona congressmen, businessmen and northern...
View ArticleDays Past: The past speaks to us, Part II – Housing the past
In 1921, Prescott was financially troubled and a group of white local businessmen decided to keep the annual Frontier Days Rodeo alive by staging a “Way Out West” show. Read More: Days Past: The past...
View ArticleIce Edge group back in the Phoenix hockey picture – Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail Ice Edge group back in the Phoenix hockey picture Globe and Mail Anthony LeBlanc and his group of businessmen once known as Ice Edge Holdings are back in the Phoenix hockey picture....
View ArticleSyria holds elections as violence rages
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Syrians voted in a parliamentary election on Monday touted by authorities as a milestone of political reform but dismissed by the opposition as a facade while people are killed...
View ArticleIndonesia finds black box from crashed Russian Sukhoi
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s national search and rescue agency has found a black box flight recorder from a Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 that crashed during a demonstration flight killing all 45...
View ArticleMexico suspects cartel in Pepsi subsidiary attacks
A drug cartel lieutenant has been detained in a series of firebombing attacks on Mexican potato-chip company Sabritas, a subsidiary of U.S. food giant PepsiCo. Businessmen and experts said Monday the...
View ArticleSyria businessmen abroad set up fund for rebels
DOHA (Reuters) – Syrian businessmen living abroad have created a $300 million fund to support rebels fighting forces of President Bashar al-Assad, opposition activists said on Wednesday. “This fund has...
View ArticleFeuding Russian tycoons face London court ruling
Two Russian businessmen rose to riches together in the chaotic years of post-Soviet Russia and then became archenemies — and a British judge will soon rule on which oligarch will defeat the other in a...
View ArticleTop businessman says impossible to sell ‘India story’
One of India's top businessmen has slammed the government over its economic policies, saying it is no longer possible to sell the "India story". See more here: Top businessman says impossible to sell...
View ArticleIsraeli billionaire’s company faces money woes
One of Israel's wealthiest businessmen may quickly be going from riches to rags, and experts warn he could drag Israel's economy down with him. Visit site: Israeli billionaire’s company faces money woes
View ArticleModell did his part to lift NFL into prominence
The NFL became America's game under a collection of shrewd businessmen that included some of the biggest names in league history: Pete Rozelle, Vince Lombardi, Dan Rooney and arguably the most...
View ArticleSource: 1 in custody, gun found in 3 NYC deaths
New York City police detectives Wednesday recovered a sawed-off rifle believed to have been used in the mysterious shooting deaths of three businessmen of Middle Eastern descent, and a person was in...
View ArticleNew corruption scandal rocks Brazilian government
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, moving quickly to nip a new scandal in the bud, ordered the dismissal on Saturday of government officials allegedly involved in a bribery ring,...
View ArticleIsraeli billionaire questioned on alleged fraud
Israeli regulators say one of the country’s wealthiest businessmen has been questioned on suspicion of securities fraud. Link: Israeli billionaire questioned on alleged fraud
View ArticleItaly’s Monti: I’m heading new electoral coalition
ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Mario Monti has announced he is heading a new campaign coalition made of up centrists, businessmen and pro-Vatican forces, paving the way for his possible return to office...
View Article2 Romanian journalists sentenced for blackmail
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A Romanian court has given two journalists suspended prison sentences after they were convicted of trying to blackmail politicians and businessmen over a three-year period....
View ArticleChina’s Xi urges swatting of lowly "flies" in fight on everyday graft
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese president-in-waiting Xi Jinping on Tuesday took his campaign against corruption to the petty bureaucracy and minor infractions of lowly officials who are the bane of many...
View ArticleRussian money in Cyprus hit by savings seizure
MOSCOW (AP) — Cyprus has for decades been a favorite place for Russian businessmen to place their savings and for corrupt Russian officials to stash ill-gotten gains. Like all deposits in Cyprus, that...
View ArticleHOWLIN’ GOOD TIMES ARE BACK: Coyote Joe’s has new lease on life
Three Prescott businessmen are busy stripping down and scrubbing up Coyote Joe’s Bar and Grill in downtown Prescott. Jimmy Savoini, co-owner of Savoini’s Western Wear; Geoff Crooks, owner of Old...
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