1.0 link 76786 <![CDATA[Ex-Partners Clinton, Burkle Begin Parting Of The Ways]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/12/14/expartners-clinton-burkle_n_76786.html When billionaire Ronald Burkle's Yucaipa investment operation agreed to put more than $25 million into a Chinese media company this fall, the investor group didn't include one of Yucaipa's high-profile partners: former President Bill Clinton.

The absence of Mr. Clinton from Yucaipa's investment in Xinhua Finance Media Ltd. appears to be the first tangible sign of a parting in the much-followed, five-year-old business relationship between Messrs. Clinton and Burkle. Mr. Clinton has been a senior adviser at Yucaipa and also had...

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