Word: ceos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Oxford CEO Rubenstein insists that Oxford is "vastly different" from its predecessor, Reynolds Kendrick Stratton, "with new management, new personnel and an entirely different business focus. There is simply no comparison between the two firms." One thing hasn't changed, however: the Kott connection. Several major JB Oxford shareholders have been closely associated with Kott or with stocks pushed through Kott-connected boiler rooms. Felix Oeri, a Swiss financier who is Oxford's biggest stockholder, bought a large block of Hariston stock a few years ago after it was recommended to him by Kott. (Oeri says he's lost money...
...According to JB Oxford, Kott is nothing more than a consultant to the brokerage company. Kott too, in faxed communications with TIME, reiterated the company's official explanation. In reality, he wields so much influence that several former employees told TIME they regarded him as the de facto CEO. There have also been allegations--hotly denied by Oxford--that the firm is engaging in some of the same dubious practices that were employed by other Kott-related brokerages in the past. Stephen Rubenstein, Oxford's chairman and CEO, insists that despite Kott's association with the company, JB Oxford...
...billion worth of additional funeral homes and cemeteries, including a stake in Rose Hills Memorial Park outside Los Angeles, the largest cemetery in North America, which Loewen acquired after outbidding SCI. The company's expansion may thrill investors but probably doesn't bode well for consumers, despite founder and ceo Raymond Loewen's penchant for describing the Loewen Group as the industry "leader in consumerism...
...class monster sites like New York City-based N2K www.n2k.com) which offers thousands of titles, stages regular live Netcasts, and announced last week that it had hired legendary rock producer Phil Ramone to create a new, Net-oriented record label. "Music is the perfect resource to digitize," says N2K CEO Larry Rosen. "And the Internet could become the next big distribution medium...
...Your own government does not want the working men and women of this country to vote," he told employees. The boss himself is voting for Dole but would prefer Liddy or Hillary. "They both made all the money in the family," he says. "They have the experience to be CEO of the largest corporation in the world--the U.S. government...