Mr Tose did not see himself as that sort of philanthropist, assembling alms for oblivion.

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If Mr Tose is right about this, then he is guilty merely of massive bad timing.

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At the time Peregrine's chairman, Philip Tose, pronounced the move a vote of confidence.

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Another Cuban defector, geophysicist Tose Oro, observed that the complete absence of the sophisticated human and technological infrastructure needed to support a safe nuclear reactor program seriously compounded the risks inherent in the Soviet-Cuban scheme.

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For years Mr Tose has been telling anybody who cared to listen that the future of investment banking in Asia lay not, as in the past, with equities, but rather, with the issuing and trading of debt securities for Asian corporate customers.

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Mr Tose quickly sought help.

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