He attributed the situation to banks that granted easy credit, cargo companies that ordered too many vessels and investors eager for the tax-free profits that were part of the allure, thanks to German law.
Besides the annual stipend, Ebbers was granted easy terms on a $408 million loan.
The company, with Walter Pavlo's copious assistance, granted easy credit to dozens of fly-by-nights looking to lease its lines and resell service to businesses and consumers.
Under previous sheriffs, federal officers were granted easy access in order to detain people they believed to be in the country illegally.
Chris Adams (@chrisadamsmkts) By holding Greek bonds longer, ECB would be extending terms of repayment - effectively admitting loss and granting easier repayment terms September 11 , 20123.46pm BST More from Portugal's Vitor Gaspar.
Athens is racing to push through economic changes that it hopes will persuade its private sector creditors to grant easier debt repayment terms and will prompt Europe to release 130 billion euros, or $171 billion, in the next round of bailout money it needs to avoid defaulting on bond payments due in March.
In April the two countries signed a co-production treaty granting easier access to public financing and to each other's audiences.Amanda Nevill, chief executive of the BFI, says some British film-makers have been sceptical about this pivot to China.
The Quartet's representative, Tony Blair, a former British prime minister, has prepared an eight-point plan to spend $12 billion to regenerate the Palestinian economy, with an emphasis on tourism, farming and the mineral exploitation of Area C. But without the Israeli military administration granting easier access and permits, the Palestinians' oil is unlikely to flow soon.
Some passengers were obsequious; others friendly, casual, parental or even flirtatious — whatever they believed would grant easy passage.
