Hofmeister, and BP America President Robert Malone mentioned their companies' wind energy projects in their testimony.

FORBES: The Oilmen Cometh

After the team re-signed kicker Nick Folk a few days ago, the Jets kept their special teams core together, along with punter Robert Malone, by re-signing Purdum.

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"I think John sees himself putting money into creating a revolution in the structure of media or high-tech companies, " says Robert Johnson, a Malone partner since 1980 and chairman of BET Holdings, which owns Black Entertainment Television.

FORBES: Taking Liberty

Malone and his deputy at Liberty Media, Robert Bennett, got together with Gene Schneider and his son Mark, who runs UPC from Amsterdam.

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