Word: diller
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...have picked up on one of the ubiquitous forms of movement through space: the sinuous ramps of freeway overpasses. Beyond this formal analogue, Maltzan’s geometry of bands and tubes follows after the work of Iraq-born and London-based architect Zaha Hadid. Its tubular forms recall Diller and Scofidio’s proposal for a new Institute for Contemporary Art in Boston...
...course, the hand is not yet won. The two companies must complete a 30-day negotiation phase, and the deal is not likely to close until early 2004. Media mogul Barry Diller's complicated minority ownership rights in Vivendi must be unwound, the theme parks sorted out and management posts secured. Only then can imagination get to work...
...names sniffing around Vivendi's entertainment assets include Liberty Media's John Malone, General Electric's NBC, Viacom, MGM, and oil tycoon and former Fox owner Marvin Davis. USA Interactive head Barry Diller's blocking rights and ownership stake add to the intrigue. Vivendi last fall rejected as too low Davis' reported offer of $15 billion plus $5 billion in debt assumption, but Davis hasn't given up. Malone's dealmaking prowess and close ties with Diller give him an edge...
...others have piled on. The Financial Accounting Standards Board is widely expected to begin requiring such treatment of stock options within a year or two. Buffett "is so sound and so right about so many issues that eventually people catch up to what he's been saying," says Barry Diller, CEO of USA Interactive and a fellow director with Buffett on the boards of both Coke and Washington Post. As in his investing, Buffett sticks to his principles even during periods when they're unpopular, and expects to be proved correct in the long run. Then others follow...
...Coke executive and FOB (Friend of Buffett). Keough had adopted Buffett's view. On the question of expensing stock options, Cathleen Black, president of Hearst Magazines, who sits with Buffett on the Coke board, has broached the idea at IBM, another firm at which she serves as a director. Diller says he intends to stop granting stock options altogether and look for another incentive plan. Doris Christopher, who sold The Pampered Chef to Berkshire, says she has been captivated by Buffett's willingness to lose money in the short run to preserve a firm's reputation--like, say, eating...