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INVESTMENT: Soros Has the Midas Touch
Like King Midas, George Soros has the golden touch. But unlike the miser of mythology, he is happy to part with his wealth. A latter-day Robin Hood, he takes from the exchequers and pockets of the rich West in order to provide much needed capital for the poor East...
Eisner would make a superb Midas, should Disney ever decide to undertake such a project. Let's hope the rest of the corporate community does not spawn sequels.
Representatives from the North Cambridge Stabilization Committee urged the council to advise the licensing board to withhold a license for operation to the Midas station, so that the shop could not legally operate.
Stanley Litchman, who has owned the Midas shop for more than 30 years, downplayed the controversy yesterday and said that some community activists are "against everything."