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And, as a businessman with stakes in sports teams, he predicted bad effects on pro sports.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

Lagarde herself in 2016 was convicted of negligence—but spared punishment—for her involvement in a payout to a businessman when she was working as Sarkozy’s finance minister.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

Having spent time on his parents stall since the age of two Wolverhampton-born businessman Smith started out in the very same place - selling items for £1 from his own stall.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Los Angeles businessman and engineer Dennis Tito was the world’s first space tourist in April 2001, reportedly paying $20 million to fly aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft and visit the International Space Station.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Grandpa looked at her like she was just the smartest businessman in the world.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

More recently, The Wall Street Journal reported that Paxton spent New Year's Eve in Dubai with two American businessmen indicted over alleged healthcare fraud.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

At its head, prosecutors say, are two businessmen who have been on the run since 2024 and are wanted by Interpol, Mirel Mertiri and Klodian Zoto.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

The most elaborately staged, and very funny, scene is one in which Ha-Chan and Fedir are out walking when they get bumped into by a small group of rude businessmen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Over the weekend, Reform announced that it had received two donations of £36m each from wealthy businessmen Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne, who are both British but have until recently lived abroad.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Wilkins fired up no one, but his qualified support for direct action did convince some of the older black businessmen that what the students were doing was legitimate if not necessarily advisable.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson