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...equity firm Flexpoint Ford as a partner, and has no plans to turn poker pro - for many reasons, but not least because he feels it would take him away from his family (he has three children at home) and, he says, because he loves his job. But he does hope to play the main event every year, especially if he can get the $10,000 entry fee paid - as he did this year - by winning a local league in his hometown of Chappaqua, N.Y. (Disclosure: I am in that league.) Not only does winning the league earn him the entry...
...future of the media smaller? I hope the future of the media is smarter. The largest media companies are genuinely conglomerates in the old-fashioned sense of the word. They are made up of, in many cases, well over a dozen very different businesses that have nothing to do with each other, and many of those businesses are facing very serious and fundamental threats to their well-being that require significant management attention, and management attention is the most scarce resource at any company. I think the right answer is for these businesses to get more focused. That's generally...
...Undergraduate Council hosted the first of what members hope will be many town hall meetings last night, focusing on prospects for student group-led programming over the three-week January Term in future years...
...statement about the political correctness of the committee than it was about Barack Obama. Along with many other people, I had some fun with it, talking about that we're now going to give out the Nobel Peace Prize not for what someone has done but for what we hope they do. If this is the case, since I'm a musician, I'd like to go ahead and get a Grammy. I haven't been on Broadway, but I did see Jersey Boys a couple of weeks ago. I think a Tony would be nice. From this latest book...
When Boyle, the film's director, visited Mumbai last week, he too expressed his concern at the situation. "The Jai Ho trustees have been unstintingly generous with their time and expertise ... we hope that their ongoing efforts will help to ensure a happy and stable future for our two young stars," he said in a statement. "For that to happen, the children's families will, however, need to honor their part of the bargain, and we are disappointed that Azhar and Rubina's school attendance remains patchy...