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...wait! There on the tarmac stood the rumpled figure of Ralph Roberts, 74, and his natty son Brian, 35, who controlled the Comcast cable-TV company and were partners with Diller in QVC. Known as straight-arrow businessmen in a rough-and-tumble industry, the Robertses hated the merger with CBS and arrived at the airport with a letter that contained shattering news for Diller: to bust up the deal that had electrified Wall Street when it was announced last month, Comcast was offering $2.2 billion, or $44 a share, for the 84% of QVC stock that...
...trademark bright green Buck a Book awning sits next to the strawberries Record sign and a Garage arrow...
Snyder's high-volume, high-profile style produced profits that were just about average for the industry, but his personality created serious turnover problems. An arrow of a man, with a loud, deep voice and a blunt manner, he underscored every bottom line with outbursts of temper. When Martin Davis took over Paramount (then Gulf & Western) 10 years ago, the two dictatorial bosses began a festering, not quite open feud. Snyder is a buccaneer, better suited to being an entrepreneur than an employee. Says Joan Didion: "This is the game he wanted to play; he played it for 30 years...
...very serious and straight arrow, which was off the bell curve in the 1996s," says David W. Siktberg '70, a suitemate of Barrett at Harvard. "He wore suits frequently, I recall...
...very serious and straight arrow, which was off the bell curve in the 1960s," says David W. Siktberg '70, a suitemate of Barrett. "He wore suits frequently, as I recall...