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DIED. JOHN GOTTI, 61, swaggering celebrity gangster known as the Dapper Don, the ruthless yet always impeccably groomed boss of the Gambino crime family; of throat cancer; in the federal prison hospital in Springfield, Mo. He had been serving a life sentence on murder and racketeering charges. The former juvenile delinquent from the South Bronx relished the spotlight, favoring $2,000 suits and tony restaurants, smirking throughout his four trials and winning populist-hero status in the tabloids. Although he had always claimed to be a $100,000- a-year plumbing salesman from Ozone Park, N.Y., Gotti was convicted...
...that was worth $50 million when Blass retired from designing in 1999. His label was taken over by Swedish designer Lars Nilsson in 2001. DIED. JOHN GOTTI, 61, Mafia don and godfather of one of the most powerful crime families in America, of throat cancer; in a prison in Springfield, Missouri. Gotti, who had a proclivity for money and women, was a smooth-talking, scrupulously clad gangster christened the "Dapper Don" for his fashion sense. He took over the Gambino crime syndicate in 1985 after masterminding a Hollywood-style slaying of its boss, Paul Castellano, with the help...
What's even more important to the success of employee-owned companies, says Jack Stack, 53, CEO of Springfield Remanufacturing in Springfield, Mo., is openness of information and decision making. Springfield Remanufacturing started in 1983 when 13 supervisors took on heavy debt to buy a division of International Harvester that rebuilt big-vehicle engines. Stack argued that the company's only chance was for every worker to have a stake in its success and understand its finances...
...cost of a new rod, $45, and determine that it was worth repairing the old one only if he could do it in 90 minutes or less. "It's about truly understanding the business," says Stack, the author of two management books. Within three years of its founding, Springfield Remanufacturing was turning a profit, and today its stock is worth $13.60 a share--82% of it owned by the workers...
...like me could tell that the flawless performance of Sale and Pelletier was better than the wobbly exhibition put on by the Russian pair. The Canadians should be congratulated not only for their skating performance but also for their poise and sportsmanship during and after the controversy. AUBREY BOUTIN Springfield...