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...does success necessarily go on forever. HIT itself raised eyebrows recently when it paid $275 million for Lyrick, owner of Barney the dinosaur, the purple Mesozoic character that seems to have overstayed his welcome in the marketplace. Last year Germany's EM.TV bought the late Jim Henson's Muppet empire as part of a whopping $680 million deal, mainly to take advantage of the brand. Now, as EM.TV attempts to rid itself of debt, Kermit and Miss Piggy could be sold again - though some analysts say the Henson stable may fetch less than half EM.TV's original outlay...
...more Europeans have joined in the equity game, they haven't proven any less fickle than their American counterparts. Michael Saunders, chief European economist at Salomon Smith Barney, says the most recent money flow statistics for mutual funds suggest that Europe's retail investors are scaling back their investments and may even be pulling out. Why? "Retail investors have tended to be momentum investors," says Saunders. Equity funds did not do very well last year, and investors who have seen losses on their year-end statements are just retreating in disgust. In other words, they're fighting last year...
...insular world of children's music, say experts, this grass-roots popularity is unheard of. "Lots of kids' music, like Barney or Sesame Street, is marketed through TV or film," says David Wolin, a music-industry veteran who takes the classes. "No one is doing what David's doing. He has sort of grown at the pace he's been comfortable with. He's like a commercial boom waiting to hit. His numbers, small by label standards, are astonishing if you consider he's doing this all himself...
Again, it's still early, but based on opening spring training starts, Barney is a scarier foe than Nomo or Cone. Martinez, the most dominating pitcher in all of baseball, is the closest thing to a guaranteed win. But, unless Castillo proves incredible, it's still "Pedro and pray for rain" until further notice...
...Greenspan spent the rest of the morning dodging questions from House members on the Bush tax cut, and at one point had to sit still while Barney Frank demanded an explanation of why Greenspan had "intensified" the current slowdown with that half-percent hike in May 2000. (Greenspan launched into an answer, but Frank had already used up most of the five-minute limit, drunk on his own chutzpah. Greenspan offered to discuss it with him later...