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...CAPTURED. ANDREW LUSTER, 39, great-grandson of cosmetics magnate Max Factor; by bounty hunters; in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Luster fled the U.S. in January, when he jumped bail of $1 million. He had been sentenced in absentia to 124 years in jail on more than 80 charges, including date raping three women. Luster lived off a trust fund and investments believed to total about $31 million. He has been deported to Los Angeles to begin his prison term. ?By Carmen Lee, with bureau reports...
...make no mistake, say his friends: Edgar Jr. would love to climb back into the mogul role. He has always loved Hollywood. The grandson of Seagram founder and former bootlegger Samuel Bronfman, Edgar Jr. began his career writing songs performed by Dionne Warwick and Ashford and Simpson and producing small movies. Pulled into the family business in 1982 by his father and made CEO in 1994, he scored wins by pushing premium brands like Chivas Regal and Absolut, and buying and selling Tropicana for a juicy profit. But Hollywood continued to beckon. He dumped the company's safe, lucrative stake...
Ford, which marks its centennial in June, is in deeper trouble. It lost nearly $6 billion in the past two years, and since 2000 its North American market share has fallen 2.8 percentage points (GM's is down 1.5 points). CEO William Clay Ford Jr., the founder's great-grandson, is focused on cutting new-vehicle development time from the current three years (a full year longer than industry leader Toyota) and increasing parts-and-platform sharing. Ford's new Futura sedan, due in 2005 to replace the outgoing Taurus, will use a Mazda platform that Ford plans to leverage...
...grandson said that he treasures the many hours they spent together watching shows and movies about World War II on the History Channel...
...survived by his daughter, grandson, six nieces and three nephews. His wife, Gertrude M. (O’Brien) Ikels, a long-time employee of Harvard University Dining Services, passed away in 1998 at age 79, and his son, Frederick P. Ikels, a Cambridge firefighter, died unexpectedly...