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...have no plan at all to abandon the current program," Lewis said. "It's a terrific thing for us and an asset for people who might want to go to Harvard...
...industry the big question is what role the three amigos will play in the Wasserman rumpus with the Japanese. In 1990 Matsushita spent $6.6 billion on MCA, whose prime asset is Spielberg. Since 1982, five of the six Universal films to gross at least $100 million at the domestic box office (E.T., Back to the Future, Back to the Future Part II, Jurassic Park and The Flintstones) have come from Spielberg's Amblin. Another Spielberg film, Schindler's List, | earned $96 million and a slew of Oscars. Universal Studios Florida, the company's pricey rival to Walt Disney World...
There is a paradox in all of this, in a world where by their actions, both incumbents and challengers have turned conventional thought topsy-turvy. Experience in government is a liability nowadays, not an asset. Contempt for Congress is a virtue, not an unpatriotic vice...
Liston hopes his past can actually be an asset, as he pitches his three years' experience on the council...
...financial institutions, Markey has put forward a bill that would increase federal supervision of the largely unregulated derivatives dealers. "This wasn't a Maalox moment," he says of the recent run of financial setbacks. "It was a heart attack -- a warning." James Midanek, a financial expert whose firm Solon Asset Management helps victims of derivatives to minimize their losses, also sees more trouble ahead. "It's going to hit home a little more," he says. "We are going to hear more from local municipalities and colleges, and other less sophisticated investors who remain unaware of their exposure...