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Topic History of: AL-Fayed Max. showing the last 5 posts - (Last post first)
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hedda
I think we can assume that it was Middle East oil money that financed Fayed's Harrod's purchase and the Paris Ritz.
I dealt extensively in the late 70s with one of the Saudi princes (a "first wife" son which meant he was important) and he was extremely generous as is the reputation of ME folk in business..smart but not afraid to splash money around if it buys results.
Fayed was probably generously rewarded by his backers if he produced results for them over the years.
Look at Trump's son-in-law Jared Krushner being "rewarded" with $2B to invest which immediately brings him multi $millions in profit from fees.
Wyot
Al Gershwin wrote: If I read you right, about the 'titter'(!!?) emoji - it was directed at myself.
For referring (and forgetting) to include the Guardian link, about ALF.
Apologies Barney misunderstood.
Al Gershwin
If I read you right, about the 'titter'(!!?) emoji - it was directed at myself.
For referring (and forgetting) to include the Guardian link, about ALF.
He could have been a grief broken father and a rapist Barney. Obviously, I have no idea about either; though not sure why the idea is worth a "titter"...