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...gets fund raising help from Dubya. On their wedding day, she and Bob vowed to run for anything Losers JAY LENO TV host in trouble after he cracks a joke about South Korean dog eating. Other dog-eating nations?we won't name them?feel left out TIGER WOODS Golf pro owes $500,000 in Shenzen taxes, highest in the city?for two rounds of work. He might have to play a whole par 4 to pay that off JIMMY CARTER Ex-Prez loses out on Grammy for best spoken word album. Next move: auditioning for 'N Sync. Teens will...
...grandma's tobacco farm. Ripplewood Holdings might be little known in the U.S., but the private-equity firm, based in New York City, is virtually a household name in Japan, thanks to a $2.5 billion shopping spree in which it has grabbed national jewels, including a bank, a golf resort and a record label. The current deal may or may not involve KDDI, the Japanese phone giant Ripplewood is reportedly negotiating with for purchase of its wireless units. In any case it's bound to raise another round of hysterical cries about a foreign invasion?a nice irony for those...
...Japanese bank?Long-Term Credit Bank, the fifth largest in the country. Last year it snapped up the biggest share in?and effective control of?Nippon Columbia, the 92-year-old record label whose name is synonymous with enka (Japanese folk ballads). Then Ripplewood bought out Seagaia, a sprawling golf-and-beach resort on the southern island of Kyushu that plays host to Japan's best-known golf tournament. Ripplewood also purchased Niles Parts, an auto-parts maker...
...business than to get back to it. Over the years the company had simply stopped producing hits, relying for sales revenue on the albums of enka queen Hibari Misora?who died in 1989. Nippon Columbia owned Denon, an audio-equipment maker, and odd assets such as real estate and golf memberships. The staff was bloated, the headquarters stuffy, and the company had not turned a profit in 10 years...
Texas Rangers reliever John Rocker will soon star in a low-budget movie “The Greenskeeper,” a low-budget flick about a slasher-killer at a golf club (“It’s Par For The Corpse,” the movie’s website raves). Better known for his earlier work as “The Bigot” in a 1999 Sports Illustrated interview in which he made derogatory comments about blacks, foreigners, homosexuals and the city of New York, Rocker appears at least somewhat...