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Buy up a large part of the supply of whatever commodity you are trying to corner--it doesn't really matter whether you actually take claim to the stuff itself or buy up "futures," which are nothing but promises to deliver the stuff on a specified date--then deliberately keep some--not all--of what you have bought off the market, to sell later.
Unfortunately, he died trying to organize the Bermuda-Jamestown lifeline.
If you're trying to corrupt Stu Taylor, it's hard to think of anything less promising than this particular job offer.
Chatterbox has experienced much frustration trying to figure out precisely what's gone amiss at the Los Angeles Times . First it was reported (by Rick Barrs in New Times L.A. ) that the Times was sharing advertising revenue from a special issue of its Sunday magazine with the subject of that special issue, the new Staples Center sports arena.
The Chechen spin: Russia is trying to take us over again.