This evening, there have been three webbed article from British newspapers that focus in part on the Conrad Black trial. One of them is a quote collection, the second is a digest, and the third posits the fate of Alfred Taubman as a cautionary tale for Conrad Black:
1. From the Observer, a quote from Eddie Greenspan, "'In America, you do not convict people for being rich.'" Right under it, there's a rejoinder.
2. "The City Diary" in The Independent has a recap of both Julie Ruder's and Edward Greenspan's closing addresses, after mentioning that the trial itself is almost over.
3. From the Times Online, the above-mentioned cautionary tale, entitled "To the slammer, by Gulfstream jet." It's about the former proprietor of Sotheby's, bought with the wealth he had earned by inventing the shopping mall. It presents Mr. Taubman as a poor kid who found his métier as a retailer, through concentrating on the shopping experience. The last part of the article does reveal his colourful side. (Of interest is his insistence that his then-CEO, Diana 'DeDe' Brooks, was the person responsible for agreeing to and implementing the price-fixing arrangement, despite the fact that he went to jail and she didn't. He also insists that he was singled out for jail because he was too rich for too long.)
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