Appointed government assessor in the German imperial treasury department (1907), Cuno subsequently served as a government adviser charged with drafting and presenting bills to the Reichstag (national parliament).
Austan Goolsbee, a senior Obama economic adviser, charged that the Bush administration had "dithered" as the economy turned down and suggested that the incoming administration would take dramatic action.
Though Mr. Romney and his campaign — including Beth Myers, the longtime adviser charged with supervising his search for a running mate — had stayed largely mum on whether Mr. Rubio was being considered, the campaign added an unplanned event.
But the characters who are meant to sound familiar — including a news-aggregating Web site's founder, who speaks in "heavily accented English," and a rumpled White House adviser, charged with "protecting the president's brand" — are clumsily drawn caricatures.
For all their attempts to reach out to business, Rahm Emanuel, Mr Obama's chief of staff, and Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser charged with "public engagement", haven't cut the mustard (Mr Emanuel is almost certainly on the way out as well).
The second document will specify the costs of the firm's services and should include details of the hourly rate for fees - if the adviser charges a fee - and/or levels of commission charged.
The president-elect has alluded to appointing a so-called "cyber adviser," charged with protecting the government and critical infrastructure from a growing wave of hackers and cyberspies.
One partner, Jess Jackson, the founder of Kendall-Jackson wines, has sued several of his former advisers, charging they defrauded him out of $3 million by overcharging him for horses he purchased and taking kickbacks from sellers.
And there are plenty of advisers charging nearly ten times that amount.
Most independent financial advisers charge upwards of £150 an hour.
That is not how pricing usually works when advisers charge annual fees to customers.
