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...other words, Morris either sold the school to blue-chip recruits, or took the best players he could find and molded them into elite hockey teams. It’s hard to say which would be more impressive...
...would cease to be dirty and thus cease to be porn. (Would you be reading this article if Skin were set in the aluminum industry?) But porn is definitely Big Business--estimated at $10 billion a year--and as Skin emphasizes, much of that goes into the coffers of blue-chip hotel chains, media companies and cable operators (such as Time Warner, the parent company of TIME). In the pilot, Goldman's company negotiates a partnership with DirecTV--the satellite service that, in real life, Fox's parent company, News Corp., has struck a deal to control. "Certainly," says Leonard...
Responding to the favorable tax treatment, 96 companies initiated or raised dividends in June--10% more than in June of last year and a 32% jump over the 10-year average for that month. A handful of blue-chip companies, including Bank of America, Citigroup, Colgate-Palmolive, Goldman Sachs and Starwood Hotels, boosted their dividends a whopping 30% or more. Some smaller firms have been even more aggressive. Energy company Kinder Morgan has a volatile dividend history but recently raised its annual payout to $1.60 a share--five times what it paid last year and double its biggest dividend...
...traveled, well-spoken and well-liked, Fung, 57, seems eminently qualified to rescue Hong Kong's sick economy. He was once an investment banker and venture capitalist, used to head the Trade Development Council, is current chairman of the Airport Authority, and also runs his family firm, the successful blue-chip trading company Li & Fung...
...money into preferred shares. But as Fulton points out, most preferreds are issued by smaller, lesser-known companies. And some of those issuers are seriously obscure. Do the names Kramont Realty, NOVA Chemicals or Talisman Energy ring any bells? Still, preferred shares with reasonable yields are available from such blue-chip companies as Citigroup and Wells Fargo. Here are some pointers...