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Barbara Piasecka Johnson dies at 76; heiress to Johnson & Johnson fortune
Barbara Piasecka Johnson, a former chambermaid who married into the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical family and walked away with part of its epic fortune after a bitterly contested battle over her husband's will, died Monday in her native Poland. She...
Tags: Poland, Auction Service
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Al Walser calls his Grammy nomination a win for independents
Dressed in a black leather punk jacket, Al Walser leans conspiratorially across a glass table in a Mid-Wilshire office suite. It's stacked with paperwork, golf clubs and a placard deeming the space an Honorary Consulate of the Principality of...
Tags: Barack Obama, Academy Awards, Avicii (music group), Awards and Prizes, Voting
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Traveling abroad? For information, check with the country's tourist office
For tourist information about foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. Several no longer list phone numbers, so information is through their website only. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-...Tags: Grenada, Israel, Republic of Ireland, Sri Lanka, Barbados
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Balkans' Pink Panther jewel thieves smash their way into myth
So let's get this straight. A guy in the raspberry business from western Serbia smashes and grabs his way through a heist eight time zones away in Tokyo and scoots off past shopping centers and sushi bars with a $31-million necklace known as the...Tags: Tokyo (Japan), Crime, Law and Justice, Sushi and Sashimi, Federal Reserve, War Crimes
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Planning your trip to Liechtenstein
THE BEST WAY TO LIECHTENSTEIN From LAX, Swiss Air offers nonstop service to Zurich, Switzerland. Lufthansa, British Air and Air France offer connecting flights (change of planes). Restricted round-trip fares begin at $716. The 70-mile drive from...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Air France-KLM, Trips and Vacations, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Hotels and Accommodations
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Foreign tourist boards
For tourist information on selected foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-1234, dial 0 and ask for the number of the country's U.N. mission or...Tags: Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Israel, Barbados, Republic of Ireland
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Small European countries reign as big tax havens
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIs it any coincidence that some of the smallest countries in the world are also the world's best tax havens? Hardly. Beginning with Switzerland and Bermuda after World War I, little countries with stable governments and strong currencies but scant job-...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Monaco, Andorra, Germany, State Budgets
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Liechtenstein, a principality tucked into the Alps
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn most hotel rooms, you find a little bit of sightseeing information. The room I booked at a hotel in Liechtenstein -- where tax-sheltered banking generates almost a third of the gross domestic product -- had a brochure on asset management. I didn't...Tags: Transportation, Road Transportation, Hotels and Accommodations, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Family
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A plot both wide and thick
Times Staff WriterASTRIDE his horse, Benjamin Coates could gaze across 21,400 acres and see the sweep of his power reflected in nature. A riot of mesas and meadows laced with gurgling streams. Miles of chaparral and clusters of stately oaks. A mountain that Native...Tags: Upper East Side, Environmental Issues, Dallas, Family, Springs
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Foreign government tourist offices
For tourist information on selected foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-1234, dial 0 and ask for the number of the country's U.N. mission or...Tags: Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Israel, Barbados, Sri Lanka
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