June 19, 2013

Edition: U.S.

William Koch

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Billionaire Koch Brother Smacked Down By Judge In Bizarre Lawsuit

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.01.2013 | Politics

A federal judge this week batted down billionaire William Koch's effort to have a lawsuit by former employee Kirby Martensen dismissed, Bloomberg repo...

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Billionaire Awarded $12 Million By Jury In Wine Fraud Case

AP | By LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 04.13.2013 | Business

NEW YORK -- A Florida billionaire awarded $12 million Friday by a Manhattan jury in his dispute over phony vintage wine vowed to do more to expose win...

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Billionaire Koch Wins Battle Over Fake Wine Bottles

Reuters | Posted 06.12.2013 | Business

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By Atossa Araxia Abrahamian NEW YORK, April 11 (Reuters) - A federal jury in New York on Thursday handed a legal victory to U.S. billi...

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Fine Whine? Billionaire Cries Foul In Vintage Sale

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 03.29.2013 | Business

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NEW YORK -- As experts can testify, super sleuths in the wine business must study the cork, glass, sediment, wrapping, labels and how full a bottle of...

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Koch Brother: I Didn't Imprison My Former Employee

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 01.17.2013 | Politics

Bill Koch, a member of the billionaire Koch brothers family, argued in a court filing this week that he had never held a former top executive of his c...

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Adelson gave $40 million to super PACs in final weeks of election

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 02.20.2013 | Politics

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By Michael Beckel and Andrea FullerThe Center for Public IntegrityBillionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and family poured nearly $40 million in...

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GOP's Big Guns Trained, Elizabeth Warren Fights Back

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 10.24.2012 | Politics

Outside groups are spending big to defeat progressive Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren. With little time left before Election Day, Karl...

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Pro-Romney Super PAC The First To $100 Million

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 10.19.2012 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- Restore Our Future, the super PAC backing Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, raised a strong $14.8 million in September, making the gr...

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Billionaire Koch Brother Accused Of Imprisoning Employee

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 10.13.2012 | Politics

Billionaire William Koch is facing a lawsuit in federal court from a former top-level employee who claims the energy mogul lured him to a secluded pro...

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Koch Brother Screwed Over By Big Bad Wine Bet

Reuters | Posted 12.04.2012 | Business

By Basil Katz NEW YORK, Oct 4 (Reuters) - A billionaire's lawsuit over wine said to be owned by Thomas Jefferson has died on the vine....

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Koch Buys Himself Life-Size Old West Playhouse

Posted 08.21.2012 | Denver

"Nothing is impossible," so the saying goes, and is apparently a mantra that billionaire William Koch takes to heart. The oil tycoon whose net wor...

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Romney Super PAC Breaks Record

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 07.22.2012 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney will be getting a lot of support from the super PAC run by his former aides in the future. Restore Our Future raised $20.7 m...

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Billionaire Koch Brother Buys Entire Town

Posted 10.30.2011 | Denver

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In a move that makes this Koch brother look more and more like the Monopoly board game mascot, Rich Uncle Pennybags, billionaire William Koch has purc...

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Koch Bros. Host Secret GOP Retreat In Vail

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 08.27.2011 | Denver

Sunday began a 4-day semiannual private retreat in the Vail area for wealthy conservatives and leading Republican politicians. The event is organized ...

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Billy The Kid Portrait Draws $2.3M At Auction

AP | By COLLEEN SLEVIN | Posted 08.26.2011 | Denver

DENVER -- What is believed to be the only surviving authenticated portrait of Billy the Kid went up for auction in Denver on Saturday and sold for $2....

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Gunnison Energy Corp. Faces

Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Gary Harmon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver

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Although U.S. Rep. John Salazar, D-Colo., said he will wait for the next Congress to move a bill on a western Colorado land trade, there's no truce in...

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