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...based parent of Sony Theaters, which had long been interested in trying to develop movie theaters in minority areas but lacked the entree. "It's a real business that makes economic sense." But Sony couldn't pull off any deals until Johnson and his business partner, venture capitalist Ken Lombard, now president of Johnson Development, approached with one in 1993. Says Ruisi: "We have the expertise in building and operating theaters. What we didn't really have was a great way to get to those markets. When we spoke to Ken and Earvin, it was the perfect balance...
Sixty years ago, no one needed hope; the screens teemed with movies about women. Strong women, saintly or desperate ones, but always smart. Greta Garbo drove men to their doom; Barbara Stanwyck did the same and went along for the ride. Carole Lombard traded quips and punches with her co-stars. Rosalind Russell ran giant corporations from her perch as executive secretary to some very soft plutocrats. Katharine Hepburn, a cool goddess, came to earth to cuddle with Spencer Tracy. Bette Davis strutted her sensationally neurotic hauteur. Joan Crawford played the unapologetic gold digger, which is how she leveled half...
Simpson accepted the visiting Lombard professorship with the Kennedy School's Shorenstein Center on Press, Politics and Public Policy after meeting with Marvin Kalb, the center's director...
Retiring Sen. Alan K. Simpson (R-Wyo.) has accepted the visiting Lombard professorship at the Kennedy School of Government's Shorenstein Center on Press, Politics and Public Policy...
...TRADE, as well as Lombard Institutional Brokerage www.lombard.com and discount pioneer Charles Schwab www.schwab.com) is part of the next wave of brokerages that are shaking up the Wall Street establishment by trading stocks and bonds in cyberspace. Unlike traditional securities firms that operate out of storefronts and office buildings, this new breed connects to its customers mostly through...