Word: rifkin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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American Television and Communications, the No. 2 MSO, with nearly 1 million subscribers, has been growing continuously since Rifkin put it together in 1968. During the last fiscal year, it increased revenues 34%, to $71 million, and profit 65%, to $10 million. At the end of 1978, Time Inc. completed a buyout of A.T.C. for a total price of $179.6 million. Among other things the acquisition added to A.T.C. the 100,000 subscribers of Manhattan Cable, which Time Inc. had bought earlier. Unlike Teleprompter, which is concentrating largely on adding subscribers in areas where it already operates, A.T.C. is eagerly...
Discus--1. J. Pellegrini (H) 49.98 (164-0); 2. D. Pellegrini 47.08 (154-5); 3. Rifkin...
Shortly before midnight on Sunday, Nov. 5, FBI agents knocked on the door of Wolfson's apartment. After a brief argument with the photographer, they entered and began to search. Suddenly, Rifkin stepped out of a closet, hands raised, and gave up. He turned over to the agents a suitcase, filled with $12,000 in cash and about 40 packets of diamonds. As agents led Rifkin from the apartment, Wolfson snapped a few pictures of his friend that he sold to news organizations the next...
...connected only Rifkin to the bank robbery. Agents believe that they have exonerated Jeweler Lon Stein, who claims that he had nothing to do with the diamond deal in Geneva. As for the mysterious Mr. Nelson, agents are trying to learn his real identity by tracing his messages through Western Union...
People who know Rifkin are shocked by the accusations against him. Says Gerald Smith, a professor of management science at California State University Northridge: "The guy is not a bank robber, he's a problem solver. I have a feeling Stan viewed the thing as an incredible problem. He's always five years ahead of anything else going on." Rifkin has been charged with transporting stolen property over state lines. If convicted, he could be sentenced to a $10,000 fine and ten years in jail. Wolfson was charged with harboring a criminal...