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Bloom donated her endowment money last spring, Crystal said. Around that time, undergraduate women received another boost when Maisie K. Houghton '62 and James P. Houghton '58 donated the greater sum of $1.25 million to the women's initiative project...
...studio, against Michael Eisner, the towering and truculent chief executive and chairman of the whole Disney shebang. The fight stems from Katzenberg's claim that Disney promised him 2% of the profit from the film and other ventures he headed during his 10 years at the studio, a sum that might reach $250 million or more. Some of those projects, notably animated hits like Aladdin and The Lion King, generated billions in revenue...
Given the stakes, a settlement makes sense, though it would be awkward for Eisner to pay Katzenberg a vast sum in the wake of shareholder anger over the $130 million or so that Disney dealt to Michael Ovitz after firing him as president last December. Conversely, the Ovitz settlement ensures that Katzenberg's sights are set high: Why should Katzenberg take less for 10 successful years than Ovitz got for 14 unimpressive months? If a deal is made, three things seem certain. One: the terms will be sealed. Two: the amount will be leaked to the press--by both sides...
...panics--the headlong retreat on Monday followed by a buying frenzy the next day--is causing policymakers, corporations and investors to make an abrupt re-evaluation of the economy and the stock market in the face of an unexpected jolt from the Far East. If the market is the sum of all investors' knowledge at any given moment, as many theorists argue, then what on earth is this barking dog trying to tell...
...sum, investigators suspect, may be linked to Haney's securing a highly unusual agreement committing the Federal Communications Commission to a long-term lease at the Portals. The deal came after years of squabbling in the courts and Congress. Investigators say Knight, who is a friend of FCC chairman Reed Hundt, billed the $1 million in January 1996, the same month the agreement was signed, though the check came in April. Knight is scheduled to testify this week before the House Commerce Committee about several of his lobbying efforts for clients who also donated to the Democratic Party; Haney gave...