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...DIED. KERRY PACKER, 68, brash Australian tycoon whose $5 billion fortune made him the country's richest person; in Sydney. Packer took over his family's media empire, Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd., in 1974, and expanded it into areas including gambling, real estate and gemstone exploration. His TV-friendly World Series Cricket, with shorter matches, colorful uniforms and night games, helped revitalize public enthusiasm for the sport. Packer suffered a heart attack in 1990 and was dead for eight minutes before being revived, later prompting him to tell a talk-show host, "The good news is there's no devil...
...typical cycle, now is when stock-picking stars should be preparing to hatch--by jumping into a rising market early with big, brash bets and holding on for a glorious ride. But the tech meltdown of 2000 and a rash of fund scandals changed the game. Star power faded, and up stepped little-known (but not so little) American Funds to rewrite the script for success. American Funds woos investors with a team approach that insulates fund investors from the carnage that a single mistaken ego may unleash. The company is raking in money so fast that it has inspired...
...past few years, the AES has opened offices in the N.S.W. regional centers of Tamworth and Dubbo; in recent weeks new AES shop fronts have appeared in inner-Sydney's Glebe, Blacktown in the city's western suburbs and Maitland in the Hunter Valley. The offices are decorated in brash reds and yellows, and are located amid the bustle of the main street, so people know "we're here and we belong. It lifts the spirits of Aboriginal people," says Estens. About 100 towns have requested the AES, which is itself still being fitted out and road-tested...
...irks other agents that Rosenhaus is the brash public face of the business. He titled his autobiography A Shark Never Sleeps. The first time he ever negotiated a contract, he brought an ESPN camera crew with him. This summer he was booed at a charity softball game. But Rosenhaus wins clients because he styles himself as a player's advocate. NFL teams routinely cut players for underperformance, injury or to chop costs. Rosenhaus turns the tables and demands renegotiations when a player overperforms. "The teams are allowed to ask a guy to take a pay cut or can just...
Reese, the team’s brash defensive anchor, “will be one of the best defensemen in the country this year,” the coach says...