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...report on the disintegrating corporate relationship between Firestone and Ford [BUSINESS, June 4], we ran a photo of the 1947 wedding of Martha Firestone and William Clay Ford. In the photo, one bridesmaid was identified as Mrs. Walter B. Ford (niece of the groom) and one groomsman was identified as Walter B. Ford (nephew of the groom). Mrs. Walter B. Ford is not the groom's niece but his sister, and Walter B. Ford is not the groom's nephew but his brother...
...busboy Abraham Abdallah in March, he had Forbes magazine's issue on the 400 richest people in America, plus Social Security numbers, credit-card numbers, bank-account information and mothers' maiden names of an A list of intended victims drawn from the issue, including Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey and Martha Stewart. Abdallah is accused of using websites, e-mail and off-line methods to try to steal the celebrities' identities and make off with millions in assets. One scheme that was caught in time: he allegedly sent an e-mail purporting to come from Siebel Systems founder Thomas Siebel...
...those who prefer novels, recommendations include "The Fourth Hand" by John Irving, "The Songcatcher" by Sharyn McCrumb, "Best Friends" by Martha Moody, "Never Change" by Elizabeth Berg, "Anil's Ghost" by Michael Ondaatje and both Bridget Jones books by Helen Fielding...
...Harvard’s endowment is spread out among hundreds of companies, thousands of acres of real estate and dozens of start-ups. The list of companies that HMC invests in runs the gamut from 160 shares of Martha Stewart Living to 877,000 shares of Exxon Mobil, HMC filings show...
...write a book about America these days, a work of definitive analysis, you know? Like the big thinkers. Come up with an all-encompassing theory about the end of history, or the Whatsit Generation, or better yet, be Tocqueville--so that everyone in the Hamptons or on Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket this summer would nod in somber yet enthusiastic agreement that, yep, this is America, all right...