Word: max
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...while the public is seeing lots of David Mahoney, it may soon see much less of his company. Mahoney last week proposed to make Norton Simon (Hunt's ketchup, Max Factor cosmetics, Johnnie Walker Scotch) a private corporation. He and a group of Norton Simon executives and other investors offered to buy all the firm's outstanding stock for about $725 million. If company shareholders and directors accept the plan, Norton Simon will apparently be the largest company ever to have moved from the New York Stock Exchange into private hands...
Mahoney reshaped the company by selling off more than 20 businesses and buying up firms like Max Factor (1973) and Avis (1977). His ability to produce profits, though, has been less inspiring. In the first quarter of this year, Norton Simon's operating profits fell 62%, to $8.9 million...
Thomas Mann and Bertolt Brecht were among the most gifted writers of their time. Artist Max Ernst made surrealism accessible to a generation. The architects-in-exile of the Bauhaus, led by Walter Gropius and Mies van der Rohe, changed the face of the American city. Middle European Physicists Albert Einstein, Hans Bethe and Edward Teller became the ambivalent stepfathers of the atomic...
...campaigns that are undertaken are done so as an educational pursuit," says Max Obuszewski, program associate for international justice there. "All of our members are against apartheid, but some feel they want to retain stock in a company to continue a dialogue," he explains...
...while, like a terrible, tragic counterpoint, Matthew's father, whom he adored, was dying of cancer. James Broderick learned of his illness the day Matthew opened in Torch Song. Later, during the filming of Max Dugan and WarGames, Matthew would fly to New York City from California every weekend to be at his father's bedside. The elder Broderick died last November, a few hours after Brighton Beach went into rehearsal."It was important to Jimmy that Matthew get a good start," says Patsy. " 'What matters is the play,' he said." She adds, "Matthew has grown...