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...Japanese-born Ken Hakuta, 33, exclusive U.S. distributor for the toy, the WallWalker has other charms. It has already made him a millionaire several times over. The walk to riches began last November, when Hakuta's parents in Tokyo sent several of the widgets to his 3½-year-old son Kenzo, in Washington. Entrepreneur Hakuta, who has an M.B.A. from Harvard and runs a Washington-based import-export firm called Tradex, was immediately smitten with the toy and arranged to have it shipped to the U.S. He says: "I figured it might be something that could put humor...
...price of prestige plunged last week. Faced with sluggish sales, the U.S. distributor for Britain's Rolls-Royce Motors, makers of the world's most elegant line of automobiles, slashed prices on all Rolls models. The cost of a sleek Silver Spirit, the cheapest Rolls, dropped from $111,000 to $93,000, while the price for a top-of-the-line Corniche convertible fell from...
...ruling means that the distributor of the film in this country must inform the Justice Department about the groups who order the movie, and where, when, and to how many people the movie is to be shown...
...alliance hopes that Attorney General William French Smith will reconsider the decision and remove the stipulations now imposed on the distributor, but doesn't expect a response until next week...
...nosy reporter to cement sneakers in the East River, Hollywood offhandedly dumped Richert's films. Winter Kills, which twisted an assassination scenario into high-voltage satire, was pulled from release after a few weeks. Success, a screwball comedy on the doppelganger theme, was left to molder in its distributor's vaults. But like the dogged romantic hero Jeff Bridges plays in both these films, Richert did not give up. He got back the rights, recut his movies and is now distributing them himself...