Sentences with phrase «oil tycoons in»

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The thoroughbreds in Mark Casse's care belong to an elite few: oil tycoons, advisers to American presidents and the megabucks owner of a National Hockey League team.

Abramovich was in Fribourg court as part of a lawsuit brought by the London - based European Bank for Reconstruction and Development against Abramovich, Russian oil tycoon Eugene Shvidler, and the Russian energy company Gazprom Neft, a bank spokesman said Wednesday.

Contrary to whispers that the former oil tycoon would launch a political career upon his release from prison in 2013, Khodorkovsky has a longer - term strategy: a 10 - year plan to lay stronger civil and political foundations in Russia for when the Putin regime is «swept away.»

Last year he became the richest man in Brazil, taking the title from oil and mining tycoon Eike Batista, whose empire has since collapsed.

Legendary business magnate and oil tycoon T Boone Pickens believes oil will return to $ 100 in 12 to 18 months due to a recovery in demand for the commodity.

For Caro, Johnson represents a shift that began under Franklin Roosevelt, toward a new populism in American politics, driven by a combination of emerging Texas oil and natural gas tycoons, billionaire government contractors, and the high - tech political campaigns they were able to fund.

Maybe we'll tell them about the night you proposed in the moonlight, kneeling in the grass with a mix tape playing Six Pence None the Richer songs on the portable CD player, holding up a ring paid for with the tips from Tulsa oil tycoons at the club where you worked.

Man City's have come in the last few years under Oil tycoon ownership.

However, if Nike is willing to outbid, its a good thing, especially in the presence of all the Oligarchs and oil tycoons.

Clint Murchison, the oil tycoon trying to put a team in Dallas, came into ownership of the rights to Washington's famous fight song.

I am a rich oil tycoon from Kazakstan, seeing the turmoil in the Arsenal board I have decided to mount a takeover bid, when appointed, I will sack Arsene Wenger who in turn will be replace by Billy Davies, who I think with the right club has the potential to be huge, we have drawn up a shortlist and have decided to purchase Turnble of Boro to replace Almunia, Bramble to replace Toure, Paul Scharner will replace Fabregas and Dean Windass for 25m to replace Adebayor these signing will be funded by the sales of Fabregas, Ade, RVP, Kolo Toure and the new captain will be Sendros!!!

NEW YORK (AP)-- A man who posed as a millionaire oil tycoon to scam women on internet dating sites out of thousands of dollars has been sentenced in New York to nearly four years in prison.

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Fake millionaire tycoon gets prison for online dating scam — NEW YORK (AP)-- A man who posed along the East Coast as a millionaire oil tycoon to scam women on internet dating sites out of hundreds of... oil and land interests in North Dakota to victims on online matchmaking and networking...

NEW YORK — A man who posed along the East Coast as a millionaire oil tycoon to scam women on internet dating sites out of hundreds of thousands... and land interests in North Dakota to victims on online matchmaking and networking...

NEW YORK (AP)-- A man who posed along the East Coast as a millionaire oil tycoon to scam women on internet dating sites out of hundreds of thousands... as she ordered him to serve three years and 10 months in prison in addition to...

NEW YORK — A man who posed as a millionaire oil tycoon to scam women on internet dating sites out of thousands of dollars has been sentenced in New York to nearly four years in prison.

Russian oil baron and tycoon ex-wife in courtroom battle over their # London riverside home Alexei Golubovich and Olga Mirimskaya divorced in Let's talk about sex after divorce.

Oscar winner Christopher Plummer will replace Spacey in the role of famed billionaire oil tycoon J. Paul Getty.

FX has set Donald Sutherland to play oil tycoon J. Paul Getty in Trust, a new anthology series revolving around the Getty dynasty, which is being directed by Danny Boyle from a script by Simon Beaufoy.

John Paul Getty III, the heir and younger member of an oil tycoon's saga, is kidnapped by the Italian mafia in order to get a ransom.

Christopher Plummer is seen for the first time in an updated trailer for All The Money In The World, after replacing Kevin Spacey as oil tycoon J. Paul Gettin an updated trailer for All The Money In The World, after replacing Kevin Spacey as oil tycoon J. Paul GettIn The World, after replacing Kevin Spacey as oil tycoon J. Paul Getty.

This alternately gilded and grimy morality play — make that morality thriller — pits the richest man on Earth, international oil tycoon J. Paul Getty (Christopher Plummer), against a valiant former daughter - in - law, Gail Harris Getty (Michelle Williams).

Following director Ridley Scott's decision to recast and reshoot all of Spacey's scenes in the upcoming J. Paul Getty biopic following multiple allegations of sexual harassment against Spacey, Plummer stepped in to take on the role of the infamous billionaire oil tycoon.

The villain in this scenario is the humourless tycoon Tex Richman (Chris Cooper), who plans, improbably, to drill for oil on the land where the theatre stands.

Christopher Plummer stepped in to reshoot his scenes playing oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, and this new spot features footage of him already.

In this return after over a decade to the big screen by Jim Henson's much beloved creations, the long mothballed Muppets Studio in Hollywood becomes threatened with destruction at the avaricious hands of a greedy oil tycoon, Tex Richman (Cooper, The Kingdom), looking to exploit the crude he knows is in the ground underneath the famed Muppet TheateIn this return after over a decade to the big screen by Jim Henson's much beloved creations, the long mothballed Muppets Studio in Hollywood becomes threatened with destruction at the avaricious hands of a greedy oil tycoon, Tex Richman (Cooper, The Kingdom), looking to exploit the crude he knows is in the ground underneath the famed Muppet Theatein Hollywood becomes threatened with destruction at the avaricious hands of a greedy oil tycoon, Tex Richman (Cooper, The Kingdom), looking to exploit the crude he knows is in the ground underneath the famed Muppet Theatein the ground underneath the famed Muppet Theater.

Nonetheless, the old man sinks his claws back into them by offering Getty II a job in his oil tycoon business for which he is unqualified to perform.

When these two collaborated ten years ago, it resulted in There Will Be Blood (2007), a brutal film about a vicious oil tycoon that earned a best actor Oscar and wide critical praise.

As the last of a dying breed — Muppet fans — when the opportunity arrives to visit star - studded Los Angeles, they don't hesitate in touring around the old muppet theater, which they find has long been abandoned and, with its contract about to expire, is in grave danger, as business tycoon Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) is eager to collect on the oil beneath it.

Hammer, who played the fabulously wealthy Winklevoss twins in The Social Network — and is himself the great - grandson of the still - more - fabulously - wealthy oil tycoon Armand Hammer — is an amiable enough cinematic presence, and Fichtner is magnificent as Cavendish, snarling and sneering and eating the occasional human body part with demonic aplomb.

Spacey, already a two - time Oscar winner, was going to be pitched in the best - supporting - actor race for his role as oil tycoon J. Paul Getty.

Fraser is part of a powerhouse cast that gives Donald Sutherland top billing as oil tycoon J. Paul Getty Sr., with Hilary Swank as Gail Getty, the mother of young heir and wild - child John Paul Getty III (Harris Dickinson) whose major claim to fame was that he was kidnapped in Italy in 1973.

Ridley Scott's film takes on the real - life story of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty's refusal to cooperate with the extortion demands of the people who kidnapped his grandson J. Paul Getty III in 1973.

Canadian icon Christopher Plummer was parachuted in as Spacey's replacement to play billionaire oil tycoon J. Paul Getty.

In an unprecedented move, Scott announced he was replacing Spacey with veteran stage and screen actor Christopher Plummer in the role of oil tycoon J. Paul GettIn an unprecedented move, Scott announced he was replacing Spacey with veteran stage and screen actor Christopher Plummer in the role of oil tycoon J. Paul Gettin the role of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty.

A fan of the felt covered group (Segel, who also wrote the screenplay) tries to reunite the Muppets in an attempt to stop a greedy oil tycoon (Cooper) from buying and demolishing their old theatre.

Written by David Scarpa and based on John Pearson's book «Painfully Rich: The Outrageous Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Heirs of J Paul Getty,» 80 - year - old director Ridley Scott's («Alien: Covenant») All the Money in the World tackles such an explosive story, the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III (Charlie Plummer, «The Dinner»), grandson of oil tycoon John Paul Getty (Christopher Plummer, «The Man Who Invented Christmas»), and a billionaire said to be the richest man in the world.

Set in the midst of California's petroleum boom, Day - Lewis plays Daniel Plainview, a man who begins as a humble miner and evolves into a wealthy oil tycoon.

The shaggy - haired 16 - year - old boy, J. Paul Getty III, known as Paul (played by a young actor coincidentally named Charlie Plummer, though unrelated to Christopher), is chatting with prostitutes on a balmy evening in Rome when men pull up in a van and spirit him away, unaware that the boy and his parents are all but estranged from his paternal grandfather, the Getty oil tycoon.

Jim Hall Jim Hall had the gambling heart of a Texas wildcatter, the hefty bankroll of an oil tycoon, and a precocious imagination tempered by a degree in mechanical engineering from Caltech.

The largest metropolitan area in the South isn't just for oil tycoons anymore: By having the largest urban arts district in the country and the legendary Dallas Cowboys, Dallas has something for everyone.

From the two - story Espa spa to the 20 - foot custom chandelier in the lobby, the Fairmont Baku, part of the monumental Flame Towers complex, exudes luxury — no doubt for the oil tycoons checking in.

He was a successful Oil Tycoon when he started Jaco Oil in Texas.

Just as the far right screen flicks to a scene of frazzled merriment — an auctioneer gestures toward a map of sectioned - off Alaska, while his audience of oil tycoons erupts in thunderous applause — real thunder rolls across an apocalyptic storm on the far left.

In doing so, the paper dismissed mounting evidence linking underground injection of wastewater to earthquakes at large, continuing its attempt to cast doubt on science and shut down policy debates that could affect the paper's owner, billionaire oil and gas tycoon Philip Anschutz.

In fact, since the paper was purchased by oil and gas tycoon Philip Anschutz, whose company sued a town that banned fracking, the paper has dismissed the links between fracking and groundwater contamination and written two previous editorials attacking the connection between fracking - related activities and seismic activity.

Editorial bias in the Gazette and Oklahoman isn't surprising — both papers are owned by billionaire oil and gas tycoon Philip Anschutz.

Washington Free Beacon — 27 January 2015 Foreign Firm Funding U.S. Green Groups Tied to State - Owned Russian Oil Company Executives at a Bermudan firm funneling money to U.S. environmentalists run investment funds with Russian tycoons A shadowy Bermudan company that has funneled tens of millions of dollars to anti-fracking environmentalist groups in the United States is run by executives with deep ties to Russian oil interests and offshore money laundering schemes involving members of President Vladimir Putin's inner circle...... The Sierra Club, the Natural Resource Defense Council, Food and Water Watch, the League of Conservation Voters, and the Center for American Progress were among the recipients of Sea Change's $ 100 million in grants in 2010 and 2011.Oil Company Executives at a Bermudan firm funneling money to U.S. environmentalists run investment funds with Russian tycoons A shadowy Bermudan company that has funneled tens of millions of dollars to anti-fracking environmentalist groups in the United States is run by executives with deep ties to Russian oil interests and offshore money laundering schemes involving members of President Vladimir Putin's inner circle...... The Sierra Club, the Natural Resource Defense Council, Food and Water Watch, the League of Conservation Voters, and the Center for American Progress were among the recipients of Sea Change's $ 100 million in grants in 2010 and 2011.oil interests and offshore money laundering schemes involving members of President Vladimir Putin's inner circle...... The Sierra Club, the Natural Resource Defense Council, Food and Water Watch, the League of Conservation Voters, and the Center for American Progress were among the recipients of Sea Change's $ 100 million in grants in 2010 and 2011....

This important fact seems to have escaped T. Boone Pickens, the legendary oil tycoon from Texas who is now promoting a plan to replace natural gas in the electric power sector with wind - generated electricity and use the freed up natural gas to power a fleet of NGVs.