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...providing eccentric music-listeners with old favorites like "Fabulous Harmonica played by the Yama Yama Man" and "Serenades for Sex Kittens." In particular, the shop specializes in Jazz, Blues, Classic Rock and "Roots" music. Seekers of Chumba Wumba and Olivia Newton John will have to look elsewhere for their fix of mainstream pop and other musical schlock. A written blurb really cannot do justice to this unique source of hifi records and rare gems of the forgotten eras. The titles undoubtedly speak for themselves: "Music to grow Plants," "Music for the Halfassed," "Polka Encounters of the Honky Kind," and "Music...
...replacing Michael H. Jordan, CBS stock jumped. But it wasn't so much a bet on Karmazin as a sigh of relief that Jordan was leaving. Under Jordan, CBS has run last among the big networks. But can Karmazin, a shrewd TV and radio-station operator, fix the Tiffany Network's programming? Not exactly his forte...
...Does management deserve a second chance? Put Dunlap in charge of a bloated company in trouble, and I'd buy the stock. (I'd also sell it within a year.) I also believe Henry Silverman, CEO of the marketing firm Cendant, will fix things in the wake of a disastrous merger with CUC International. His may be the ultimate display of agility. Silverman is selling chunks of the company he built, which is now worth more in liquidation than its value in the market...
That was the dream. Reality, however, had other ideas. I just couldn't get my network to work, and the instruction manual was woefully devoid of troubleshooting tips. Cursing foully, I called Diamond customer support. I detest manufacturers that don't provide toll-free support to help fix their poorly designed or documented products. Diamond had me wait five minutes--on my long-distance dollar--listening to something called WOHN (the World on Hold Network, believe it or not), before the tech guy picked up. Phone number? he asked. I hissed it. Name? he asked. I hissed it. "Hmmm...
...Richard Covey, who in 1993 flew to fix the Hubble telescope with...