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...third official to leave the President's original Cabinet (the other two: Secretary of State Alexander Haig and Energy Secretary James Edwards). On Feb. 1, Lewis will take over as chairman and chief executive officer of Warner Amex Cable Communications, Inc., one of the country's largest cable companies, which has 147 cable systems in 27 states. It is jointly owned by Warner Communications, Inc., and American Express Co. Said Lewis: "It is an appropriate time for me to return to the private sector. I have no political ambitions." Lewis' new job is likely to challenge...
...countries, 77% of stockholders' equity, and New York's Citicorp, which refuses to confirm the exact figures, has a reported $4 billion, or 85%. On top of that, Citicorp is a very big lender to Brazil, with an estimated $5 billion in total loans. Altogether, the nine largest U.S. banks have loaned out about 130% of their equity to Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. These banks have set aside a total of $3.6 billion in loan-loss reserves, but that amounts to only 12% of their
Three weeks ago, more than 450 representatives from schools and companies nationwide met in Philadelphia for the largest-ever conference devoted to the topic of industry university relations Hosted by the University of Pennsylvania the gathering was also organized by officials from Cornell. Princeton, Yale, Johns Hopkins, and Washington Universities, and the Universities of Michigan and Texas. Also involved were government representatives, and top executives from the corporate boardrooms of IBM. Upjohn, Smithkline Beckmen Centus Dupont, General Electric and Monsanto...
...appeal was phenomenal. The largest-selling classical pianist in history, he made more than 200 records, which sold 10 million copies. Although Rubinstein was a modern pianist in such things as fidelity to the score and a desire that his playing call attention only to the music, never to itself, he was also a direct link to the pianistic tradition of the 19th century; when audiences heard Rubinstein perform, they were listening to a man born six months after Liszt died. No wonder Violinist Isaac Stern last week called Rubinstein "part of the centrality of music in our time...
DIED. Lawrence Hoyt, 81, entrepreneurial book merchandiser who pushed bestsellers more than good writers, turning a chain of department store penny-a-day rental libraries he co-founded in 1932 into Waldenbooks, the nation's largest chain of booksellers with 800 splashy, look-alike retail outlets; in Bridgeport, Conn...