Several prominent Democrats, including two senators, Kent Conrad of North Dakota and Chris Dodd of Connecticut (who chose not to run for re-election this month), were found to have received sweetheart mortgage rates from Countrywide Financial and its former chief executive, Angelo Mozilo.
"America's Sweethearts" is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned).
Since the Egyptian uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak, there have been at least five attacks on the pipeline, which is widely seen both as a symbol of the nation's unpopular relationship with Israel and corruption among Mubarak-era officials, who are accused of supplying the gas at preferential rates in sweetheart deals.
"We need to move away from the idea that poorer countries need tax breaks – the sweetheart deals, the lower tax rates – to attract investment.
Pruitt paid $50 per night, a sweetheart deal well below the market rate for an upscale Capitol Hill townhouse.
Without the governments sweetheart loan Severstal had to borrow at higher interest rates and is looking for new financing for the remaining phase, he said.
Though Enron assured her that the deals would be profitable, she said, none was a sweetheart arrangement, and the company did not guarantee a particular rate of return.
Despite backing legislation that would end Ace's perceived sweetheart tax deal, both Chubb and Hartford had lower tax rates in 1999.
Despite backing legislation that would end Ace's perceived sweetheart tax deal, both Chubb and Hartford had lower tax rates than Ace in 1999.
Compared to this rate, the government gave BofA, and all the others, a sweetheart deal.
