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...20th Century Fox, then sold it to Rupert Murdoch four years later for an estimated profit of $325 million. Davis picked up another $50 million by buying the Beverly Hills Hotel from the family of insider trader Ivan Boesky in 1986, then turning around and selling it to the Sultan of Brunei. Even Davis' "dry hole" takeover attempts often pay off. While Los Angeles investor Alfred Checchi won Northwest with a $4 billion bid, for example, Davis pocketed an estimated $30 million by selling his shares after the price...
...CONTEMPORARY SOVIET AND AMERICAN PAINTERS, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. A double first: an unprecedented joint showcase of younger artists (including Americans David Salle, Donald Sultan and Ross Bleckner) and the first exhibit ever organized to tour museums in both countries. Through...
...CONTEMPORARY SOVIET AND AMERICAN PAINTERS, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. A double first: an unprecedented joint showcase of younger artists (including Americans David Salle, Donald Sultan and Ross Bleckner) and the first exhibition ever organized to tour museums in both countries. Through...
With a lavishness that the Sultan of Brunei might envy, Disney threw a premiere party last week in Orlando to introduce its lavish movie theme park. It was a way of telling Hollywood, "Hey, guys, the magic is back. And we brought it. To Florida." The new attraction at Disney World is the golden Mouseketeer cap on the head of Chairman Michael Eisner...
Answer: the Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park, a 135-acre spectacular in the 44- sq.-mi. Walt Disney World near Orlando. With a lavishness the Sultan of Brunei might envy, Disney threw itself a premiere party last weekend and invited a few friends: Audrey Hepburn, George Burns, Willie Nelson, Kevin Costner, the Pointer Sisters, "Buffalo" Bob Smith and 6,000 journalists. The do, trumpeted in by an NBC special, was Disney's way of telling Hollywood, "Hey, guys, the magic is back. And we brought it. To Florida...