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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sarkie who wrote (5102)	2/19/2001 1:50:28 PM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 59480

Communist China - citing their LT ownership interest - must approve any future rentals of Clinton.

To: Sarkie who wrote (5102)	2/19/2001 7:16:21 PM
From: Zoltan!	Respond to of 59480

Re: Oracle Oracle investors upset over Clinton By William Glanz THE WASHINGTON TIMES Oracle Corp. is receiving phone calls and e-mails from angry shareholders objecting to former President Clinton's planned speech next week at a corporate technology seminar. The Redwood City, Calif.-based software company has received "more than a handful" of comments since announcing Feb. 12 that Mr. Clinton will speak at a seminar in New Orleans, a spokeswoman said. The former president will earn an estimated $100,000 from Oracle for his hourlong speech, which he will give on Presidents' Day. Shareholders are concerned about the expense at a time when Oracle's stock price has dropped 43 percent since its close of $46.31 a share Sept. 1. Mr. Clinton "has nothing to do with technology or computer systems or networking systems and he has nothing to contribute to the company. The idea that Oracle would pay him to make a speech is ludicrous," said one Northern Virginia investor, who asked not to be identified. The Northern Virginia investor was just one person who sent Oracle an e-mail objecting to the decision to pay Mr. Clinton his hefty speaking fee.... washtimes.com ...The company denied that Oracle Chairman and Chief Executive Lawrence J. Ellison, the nation's second-wealthiest person with an estimated net worth of $58 billion, is courting Mr. Clinton to sit on the software company's board of directors....