Word: matsushita
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...commercialism encroaching on the nation's wild lands a good thing? If it is, who should reap the profits? Those issues gained new urgency last week, when Matsushita, the Japanese electronics giant, took control of MCA, the California-based entertainment conglomerate. MCA -- and now Matsushita -- owns the Yosemite Park and Curry Co., which operates the park's lodging facilities, restaurants, shops and services. In 1989 those concessions generated about $78 million in sales and an estimated $14 million to $17 million in profits. But under its sweetheart contract with the National Park Service, the company had to pay the government...
Solid-Gold Mogul Music-and-movie hitmaker David Geffen made a shrewd move in April when he sold his record label to MCA for about $550 million of that company's stock. Just seven months later, when Japanese giant Matsushita bought MCA, the value of Geffen's holdings zoomed to $700 million. It's all in the timing...
...quintessential Washington insider has accomplished what other lawyers only dream of doing. In an unusual -- but perfectly legal -- arrangement, Strauss advised both MCA and Matsushita on certain matters during the recent $6 billion takeover negotiations. His fee: more than $8 million...
What effect will Matsushita's takeover of MCA have on American entertainment? -- Superagent Michael Ovitz arranged the marriage. -- Meet one of Saddam's favorite arms dealers...
Last week's $6.1 billion purchase of MCA by Matsushita Electric was the largest Japanese acquisition of a U.S. firm so far. But Japan still lags far behind Britain as the biggest foreign investor in the U.S. economy. As of June, the value of foreign-owned businesses and real estate in the U.S. totaled just $411.3 billion; congressional researchers estimate that non- Americans own about 5% of all U.S. assets...