Reaching for a higher profile, Abu Dhabi opens a hub for Western media – International Herald Tribune
Twenty years ago, Abu Dhabi’s cultural cachet in the West was as a punch line in the cartoon “Garfield.” Today, backed with petrodollars, Abu Dhabi is fast becoming an international cultural hub and attracting American media companies. On Sunday, a

The Culprit Could Be Dead, But Local Tax Case Lives On – Washington Post
The FBI is inquiring whether FirstPay owner Mark Rothman is actually dead. (By Marvin Joseph — The Washington Post) Buy Photo By the time FirstPay Inc. shuttered its doors and declared bankruptcy in 2003, the Silver Spring company was managing