Word: multimillions
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...actual printing engine is becoming more and more of a commodity," says Ross Waddell, vice president of purchasing at copy giant Kinko's, which, while still Xerox's largest commercial customer, has diversified its equipment base by signing a multimillion-dollar deal with IBM to manage a complex network of high-speed Heidelberger copiers...
...illegal gambling. Typical of this arrangement was a Schenectady, N.Y., gambling ring uncovered in 1997 by the New York State Organized Crime Task Force. In raids in July that year in Las Vegas and Schenectady, authorities arrested 15 bookmakers, confiscated $436,000 in cash and uncovered evidence of a multimillion-dollar betting ring. The Schenectady bookies ran a full-scale operation complete with computers and multiple phone lines. In one eight-week period, police wiretaps turned up 5,800 calls to their "wire room" near downtown Schenectady from gamblers placing bets on college and professional basketball games...
...nonprofit venture perfectly blends Brown's unusual mix of skills. At 27, she left a career handling multimillion-dollar paintings at Christie's auction house to get a master's degree in social work. Five years later, after working as a therapist, Brown founded Room to Grow by organizing collection drives and persuading baby-product makers like Crayola and Fisher-Price to donate goods. "Asking for donations, convincing someone of your point of view--I learned all that at Christie's," says Brown, 34. She also learned how to think big: she's planning an October benefit at Christie...
...cluelessness that would make a classic how-not-to business book. Kenneth Wong, who had no Internet experience but oversaw cruise-ship attractions and theme-park rides as Imagineering head for Disney, was put in charge of the site by Katzenberg. Other executives were plucked from the world of multimillion-dollar budgets and told to produce shorts for $10,000. Personal favors were rife: one staff member says Steve Martin got a budget-busting $100,000 for projects, including Gwyneth and Me, a comedy short about his attempts to have a baby with Gwyneth Paltrow, because the moguls didn...
...former Harvard security guard who won a multimillion dollar jury judgment against Harvard will remain in the country, pending an appeal of a court order that would have required him to leave the U.S. this month...