Mandell ran a tough ship at Sky Capital for brokers who did not perform, according to Passaro.

FORBES: Sky Capital Trial - Clients Took To Recording Brokers

U.S. forces were in Somalia to try to capture powerful Somali warlord Mohammed Aidid from his stronghold in the war-torn capital and take him to a ship anchored off the nearby coast.

CNN: U.S. supported France's failed hostage rescue in Somalia

Chairman and Chief Executive James Dimon said Tuesday the bank, the nation's largest by assets, is "a battle ship, " with strong liquidity and capital.

WSJ: J.P. Morgan to Cut $1 Billion in Costs, 4,000 Jobs

Other firms plan to ship compressed, rather than liquid, gas a less capital-intensive process that might make smaller fields profitable.

ECONOMIST: Liquefied natural gas

Scott's Terra Nova, which he had bought from a Liverpool ship owner, was cheered on by thousands when it set sail from the Welsh capital early on the afternoon of 15 June, 1910.

BBC: Cardiff's role in Captain Scott's trip to South Pole

Defying the skeptics, BlackBerry has mounted a solid launch for its new Z10 smartphones, according to RBC Capital Markets, which expects the company to ship 500, 000 units in its February quarter.

FORBES: HTC

The crisis began in August when 528 cubic metres (116, 000 gallons) of toxic liquid unloaded from a ship called the Proba Koala were dumped in 11 open-air sites in residential areas around the commercial capital, Abidjan.

ECONOMIST: A toxic-waste scandal shows up the country's fragility