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...taken the path of least resistance in Hollywood: comedies," he says of his production company, Cube Vision. "Where black movies are concerned, it's easier to get people to put up money to laugh than to cry." The recipe: make rowdy ensemble films with fine black actors. Lavish time and care; be stingy with nothing but money. Hope the core audience will expand to folks of any color looking for a fun show...
...Interior Prince Naif. Another likely target is the Saudi American Bank (SAMBA), the kingdom's second largest financial institution, which is partly owned and managed by Citibank. The list will also include prominent Saudi charities, financial institutions and businessmen, notably Mohammed al-Amoudi, the multimillionaire owner of a lavish Addis Ababa hotel where Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill and rock star Bono stayed this year while on their African tour. Al-Amoudi has repeatedly denied any links to terrorism...
...kind of guy who will crack a joke to break the stress," says a Bharti employee. On the other hand, he doesn't have the short fuse of many type-A CEOS, either. In July, Mittal gathered 80 journalists at the rooftop ballroom of Bombay's lavish Oberoi hotel for an elaborate ceremony to mark Airtel's local launch. First, Mittal tried to light a large oil lamp with a candle, but the wicks were soaked in too much oil and he stood awkwardly as they refused to catch fire. Then, the speaker system failed during the broadcast...
...claim that lavish, glamorous homes are representative of a trend in America is elitist. These places are toys for the rich. EVAN AXELBANK Ithaca...
...prescription-drug costs, which have risen 30% since 1996--nearly twice the rate of inflation. The industry's sudden call to heal itself comes in the wake of a record $875 million fine that TAP Pharmaceutical agreed to pay last fall to settle charges that it gave kickbacks and lavish gifts to get doctors to prescribe its prostate-cancer drug Lupron...