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Previously, Berman spent ten years as a public accountant at Price Waterhouse and Richard A. Eisner...
Other members of the Forbes 400 would also do quite nicely, based solely on their stockholdings in their companies. Philip Knight, Nike's billionaire founder and chief executive, who turned a sneaker into a household name, could save $14 million or more in taxes. Michael Eisner, ceo of the Walt Disney Co., could shave off $1 million. Still others belong to an elite tax-savings fraternity. Most notably: the five members of the Walton clan of Arkansas, the first family of Wal-Mart Stores, who could pocket $187 million...
Though the term "graphic novel" originated with Will Eisner's "A Contract with God" in 1978, the first actual novel told in pictures appeared over 50 years earlier. A Belgian wood engraver named Frans Masereel created "Passionate Journey," subtitled "A Novel in 165 Woodcuts" in 1926. Through wordless tableaus it tells the story of a man's journeys across classes, cultures, depravations and indulgences. Politicized by the horrors of the First World War, Masereel uses the book, told in the universal language of pure images, partly as an anti-establishment, pro-democratic political parable. Now, nearly 75 years later, Masereel...
...Eisner, 60, says he isn't going anywhere and sees Disney as poised for a spectacular turnaround that an improving economy and movie hits such as "Signs" can deliver. He has noted that, as poorly as Disney is doing, the results and upheaval are even worse at competitors such as Vivendi Universal, Bertelsmann and AOL Time Warner (which publishes Time). Says Disney president Robert Iger: "We don't have any accounting issues to deal with. We are a healthy company and we have a global brand that is considered one of the most valuable in the world." Underscoring his point...
...Clearly if you have a couple of hit shows your ratings can improve," says Jeffrey Logsdon, analyst at Gerard Klauer Mattison. "But they have talked about how ABC was a priority the last couple of years and it's still not happening." For now, an Eisner toppling seems unlikely. Even the Disney family could be brought back into the Eisner camp quickly if the stock turns up. Disney family members reportedly borrowed against the stock when it was much higher and may face a margin call if it declines further. Fixing that issue would go a long way toward fixing...