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...Hollywood hulk, with studios hustling to put its characters onscreen. Marvel earned $19 million in the last quarter of 2001, its first in the black since the bankruptcy. "There's an instantaneous awareness of Marvel properties among a lot of people, and that translates into dollars and cents," says Amir Malin, CEO of Artisan Entertainment, which has a deal to adapt 15 Marvel franchises. "The audience attracted is very significant, and I expect Spider-Man to open huge." So do a lot of other execs, apparently; five Marvel movies will open in the next 18 months alone...
...drunken, turquoise-shirted meltdown for new Crimson Key elect and first-time drinker Amir C. Daharphuni ’04. “I am TRASHED!” he exclaimed as he attempted to open the front door to Lowell by sticking his pinky finger in the card swipe slot post-initiation. “Do you like my TIE?” he yelled to the card swipe machine. “It’s turquoise too! HA!” He then yakked on the card swipe machine, rendering it useless and yak-encrusted...
...research bolsters the case for cash payouts. Doron Nissim and Amir Ziv, business professors at Columbia, have found that when a company raises its dividend, profits go up for the next four years. On average, says Nissim, "when you see companies increasing their dividends, you should expect higher returns in the future." So when a firm cuts its dividend, as Daimler-Chrysler did last week, it can raise a warning flag...
...Incoming associate editor Amir C. Daharphuni ‘04’s work on the Crimson dining services beat is getting him in deep water with the powers-that-be. Soon after his front-page exposé on hummus was printed, Daharpuni was pinned against the Lowell salad bar by HUDS thugs. “You done stuck your nose where it don’t belong one time too many, boy,” the goons warned as they viciously oversalted his potatoes...
...country's track record is not encouraging. With two exceptions, no high-profile corruption case against Suharto-era figures has been successfully prosecuted. "The proof in the hands of the police tends to weaken once the suspect has been caught," says Amir Syamsuddin, a legal adviser to Tommy's eldest sister, Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana, or "Tutut," the onetime head of a powerful corporation who has also faced corruption charges. "Once he's caught, then the game begins...