Daco and a fellow businessman, both local shoe manufacturers, complained that 31 of 32 items they need for making shoes come from Serbia.
"All right, not friends, then, but fellow businessmen," Grek admitted.
However, Smith was so highly regarded by his fellow businessmen that nearly $1 million was pledged in less than two days.
You and your fellow businessmen may say you're just out to make a buck, but aren't you really helping to build the Soviet war machine?
He had traveled here in an effort to obtain the return of nearly $3 million apparently swindled from fellow businessmen.
His supporters and fellow businessmen in the Seneca Party also won control of the tribal council.
Tung's fellow businessmen have not been shy about taking him up on his new offer.
He also attended many of the social gatherings with his fellow businessmen and tradesmen after business hours.
Sympathetic friends and fellow businessmen chipped in with loans, but they will have to be paid back eventually.
With three fellow businessmen, he created the Business Congress of Louisiana.