Search

Search results

Displaying 271 - 280

Charles Handy Biography

Charles Handymanagement educator, writerBorn: 1932Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland After studying at Oxford and becoming a manager at Shell Petroleum from 1956–65, he became an economist in London…

Howell Raines and Gerald Boyd, 2003 News

executive editor and managing editor, respectively, of the New York Times, resigned in June, five weeks after reporter Jayson Blair stepped down. Blair had admitted to fabricating dozens of…

Wonder Women

Profiles of leading female CEOs and business executives by John Gettings, David Johnson, Borgna Brunner, and Chris Frantz Meg Whitman, CEO of eBay, speaking at the Intershop Open Conference in…

Robert D. Currie Biography

Robert D. Curriestage manager production manager for New York's City CenterBorn: 1935Died: 1997Arthur Cunningham1997 DeathsLeon Danielian

Baseball Fun Facts

The first World Series was played between Pittsburgh and Boston in 1903 and was a nine-game series. Boston won the series 5-3.The New York Yankees have won 26 World Series titles, which is more than…

Vincent Sardi, Jr., 2007 Deaths

Vincent Sardi, Jr., Age: 91 owner and manager of Broadway's landmark restaurant Sardi's. Known as the Mayor of Broadway, Sardi cultivated relationships with not only stars and directors, but…

Bill Graham Biography

Bill Graham(Wolfgang Grajonca)rock music promoter/managerBorn: 1931Birthplace: Berlin, Germany After fleeing Nazi Germany with his parents and serving in the U.S. Army in Korea, he settled…

Billy Martin Biography

Billy MartinBorn: May 16, 1928Baseball 5-time manager of NY Yankees; won 2 pennants and 1 World Series (1977); also managed Minnesota, Detroit, Texas and Oakland; played on 5 Yankee world…

Entertainment News from January 1999

1Despite only a handful of top-quality films to choose from at the multiplexes, audiences spent a whopping $6.86 billion at the box office in 1998, up 10 percent from 1997, according to…