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Published:Tuesday | November 2, 2010 | 12:00 AM
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The Gleaner's Janet Silvera (front) is flanked by female selectors. From left: Intralot's Millicent Lynch, wine expert Marilyn Bennett, Digicel's Trisha K. Thompson and publicist Carole Beckford at Image Production's 'Women at the Controls' at Studio 38, St Andrew, last Saturday night. - Contributed
Dwayne Brown of Crazy Bikerz gives The Gleaner's Janet Silvera the ride of her life as she makes a dramatic entrance at Saturday night's Women at the Controls. - Contributed
Bob Sprergers (left), Tonishia Stanley (centre) and Pierre Goubault make a pretty picture. - Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer
Mariam Manning (left), Volker Habig (centre), Red Stripe Commercial Manager; and Kerry-Ann Wedderbourn pose for the camera at Heineken Green Synergy DJ finals, National Indoor Sports Centre, Independence Park, on Friday night. - Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer
United States Ambassador to Jamaica, Pamela Bridgewater, (second right) accepts a copy of Reverend Devon Dick's book as her husband, Reverend Russell Awkard, and Mrs Mary Dick look on. The new ambassador worshipped at the Boulevard Baptist church, led by Reverend Dick, on Sunday. - Rudolph Brown/Photographer
The Claro team takes time out to pose for the cameras at the finals of the 2010 season of the Claro-sponsored Heineken Green Synergy (HGS) competition held at the National Indoor Sports Centre on Friday. From left are: Andrew Balbour, events & promotions manager; Latoy Williams, media manager; Stacey-Ann Hayles, promotions executive and Davin Messam, merchandising and events officer. - Contributed
Sharon Roper, Flow's director of marketing, gets a joke during last Friday's wine-pairing seminar hosted at The Gleaner by Hardy's, the brand of choice for Restaurant Week. - Gladstone Taylor/Photographer
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Janet Silvera's grand motorbike arrival could not be topped but Trisha Thompson had more than a few tricks up her sleeve when 'Women at the Controls' dominated things at Studio 38 on Saturday night.

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Who did he give up?

1. He is celebrated in business circles as the consummate dealmaker. But sources say this latest is the biggest deal ever made because it means the difference between freedom and Uncle Sam's jail. Question is: who did he give up?

Bastion of integrity?

2.Some are saying the high-powered entity is not a bastion of integrity as some are making it out to be. In fact, more sanctions are expected for misdeeds of the past.

Hard-up for cash

3.One would never guess that someone who used to be in the clouds could be brought so low. Hard-up for cash she sold the apartment and is now crashing with her lover. He being of modest means, is unable to keep her in the luxuries she is accustomed to, so she has been reaching out to former employees and associates. Luckily a few dollars are falling in the hat as it is being passed around.

Boardroom moves

4.Clever moves are being made in the boardroom as the couple try to divert attention from themselves. But information is leaking out and each person is suspicious of the other as they seek to discover how others could so accurately predict their every move.