Word: mogul
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Talk about a tax write-off: Media mogul Ted Turner gives the U.N. $1 billion, and urges other billionaires to follow suit (TIME Daily...
Symington's governorship was tainted almost from its inception. Soon after taking office, he was sued by the Resolution Trust Corporation for his role in directing the failed Southwest Savings & Loan Association in Phoenix. Two years later, Symington, who had campaigned as a successful business mogul, declared himself broke. Despite his troubles, he won re-election in 1994. But the litany of scandal never stopped. In 1995, after a court ruled that Symington was personally liable for a $10 million loan from six pension funds to his now defunct real estate company, he declared personal bankruptcy. Then last year...
...discovering that being on her own has downsides she didn't have to worry about when she was the wife of a record mogul. Carey became a tabloid target earlier this year when she accompanied Q-Tip to a New York City nightclub. One columnist wrote that they were dating and that Carey was spending her time partying with gangsta rappers. Neither item was true. A few weeks later, however, the board of a luxury co-op building turned down her application to buy an apartment. "It was ridiculous," Carey says. "There were rumors and lies about me being...
...company that created the 1995 hit movie Toy Story, the first animated feature film made entirely by computer. Pixar represents pure creation, a whole new era of entertainment that blends good storytelling with computers. "It's so fun at Pixar," he says, reveling in his new role as Hollywood mogul on the make. Apple, on the other hand, requires heavy lifting. "It's like turning a big tanker. There were a lot of lousy deals that we're undoing...
...next few months, however, Steve Jobs' main job will be Apple. The Microsoft Death Star may be rotating in friendly orbit, but Jobs must still find a new leader for the Mac troops. Then he can resume being a Hollywood mogul and a model dad, right? Even after this amazing week, Jobs insists he will pass the diskette to a new generation and then stand aside to let it run the program. But Apple is his first child, and you know how hard it is to let the first child go. Watch for the sequel here...