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The article discusses the story of success and failure of American businessman Eugene Klein from 1961 to 1970. Klein has helped restored movie house company National General Corp. (NGC) to profitability through the acquisition of book publisher Grosset & Dunlap and a savings and loan association. Klein's involvement in NGC's loss on its investment in fried chicken purveyor Performance Systems Inc. is also detailed.

An interview with U.S. businessman Brent Skoda is presented. Topics discussed include entrepreneurial activities as a child such as trading stocks in the fifth grade, first job in high school working for paper distributor Joshen Paper & Packaging, and deciding to move the operations of vaporizer company Vapergy to Puerto Rico. Also mentioned are companies that Skoda started including CollegeFitness.com, hand sanitizer producer Skoda International, and venture capital group Ahkeo Holdings.

The article discusses how "Forbes" editors estimated the assets of businessman Ronald O. Perelman in relation to the Forbes Four Hundred list. Wall Street puts a valuation of $350 million on Perelman's licorice-root operation, with cash flow at only $22 million in 1988. The total amount of miscellaneous assets were also calculated.

The article offers a background on the publication of the cooperative four-page newspaper called the "Iron Ridge Trade News" through the idea and initiative of E. Stellmacher, owner of the Stellmacher Lumber Co. for the businessmen of Iron Ridge, Wisconsin.

Discusses how publishing magnate Rupert Murdoch is feeling good, for his debt maturity problems are almost behind him and his London `Sun' made a terrific comeback on the Fergie romp. Details of his News Corp. Ltd.; Photos of the Duchess of York, How British papers win deeper market penetration.

The article presents true stories from active reporters in the U.S. that illustrate some of the mistakes committed by businessmen in the U.S. One newsman talked about an executive who called for news conference just to tell a story that was in the morning papers. Another reporter spoke about a businessman who maligned his work instead of providing him with interesting data about his business.

The article discusses the U.S. prosperity in 1928 by achieving the greatest gain through universal use of services or products. It discusses how American business men recognize that the reversal of the formula of limited use of services or products as an effect and did not confuse it with cause. It mentions how business profits were considered as an inevitable by-product of service, and how most men and most business seek hard problems and became tangled in complexities.

The article discusses how Robert Gair, founder and head of the Robert Gair Co., became one of the foremost businessmen in the U.S. in 1921. The first work of Gair in the U.S. was a paper jobber and one of his customers was the firm of Lohr & Mitchell which manufactures paper boxes. Gair came up with the idea of printing, cutting and creasing box-board in one operation and invented the process which has made the production of folding boxes by the million possible.

The article features business leaders such as Alexander Calder Junior, chairman and president of paper and pulp company Union Camp Corp., Hal Dean, chairman of animal feed and pet food company Ralston Purina, and Sam D. Battistone, president of fast-order restaurant chain Sambo's Restaurants, Inc. For Calder, whose company posted 22 percent earnings increase in first-quarter of 1972 and an even higher gain in second quarter, their investment in plant and timberlands are starting to show return.

The article discusses U.S. businessmen as of June 1, 191. The author focuses on George G. Guenther Assistant Secretary of Labor, Bill Levitt founder of home building company Levitt & Sons, and Edward B. Hinman chief executive of pulp and paper company International Paper. Also mentioned is Myron Arnold Wright president of oil company Humble Oil, Franco Maria Malfatti president of the Commission of European Communities, and Wanda Jablonski founder of periodical "Petroleum Intelligence Weekly."

The article features entrepreneur Curt Carlson, who is considered as one of the most successful businessmen in the U.S. as of March 1975. It claims that Carlson's firm Gold Bond Stamp Co. is currently the third biggest in the sector after Sperry & Hutchinson and Kroger Co.'s Top Value. It cites that Carlson's Carlson Cos. Inc. is also involved in hotel operation, food distribution, restaurants, and catalogue retailing.

The article features Robert Noyce, inventor of silicon microchip and co-founder of Intel, whose upbringing was strongly influenced by the views of Josiah Grinnel, founder of the town of Grinell and a New England Congregational Minister whose church had no hierarchy. It tells how Noyce became the Grinell of the corporate culture in Silicon Valley, his rejection of a social hierarchy at Fairchild Semiconductor, and the Short Circuit Paper Route.

The article looks at U.S. businessmen as of March 15, 1969, including John R. Bunting Jr., head of First Pennsylvania Banking & Trust, Arjay Miller, vice chairman of automaker Ford Motor, and Pierre Fougeron, U.S. president of tire manufacturer Michelin & Cie. Hamer H. Budge, chairman of the Securities & Exchange Commission, and Frederick R. Kappel, chairman of International Paper Co. are also addressed.

Presents the author's views on how investors are saying the market is headed for a 'soft landing' but are investing like they expect a sharp recession or depression resulting in a two-tier market. View that market is likely to move but slowly; Opinion that investors are schizoid in their outlook; Information that pulp and paper is a second industry that has been badly beaten up this year.

The article presents businessmen from Detroit, Michigan as of February 15, 1941 including philanthropist Henry T. Ewald, electric utility Electric Bond & Share's president Samuel W. Murphy, and the president of United Gas Improvement gas company, William W. Bodine. "Uncle Jake" Kindleberger, president of paper company Kalamazoo Vegetable Parchment and late Frank A. Vanderlip, former president of the National City Bank of New York, are also included.

The article features billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban and his plan to take on big pharma and lower the cost of prescription drugs in 2022. Topics discussed include his founding of more than ten companies and winning and losing investments, his enjoyment of being rich via property and other purchases and rock star lifestyle, and his Cost Plus Drugs firm that offers low prices because middlemen are bypassed. Also noted is Cuban's dole out of advice on his television show "Shark Tank."

The article features solar power entrepreneur Hayes Barnard and his fintech firm GoodLeap as of October 2022. Topics discussed include Barnard's personal and professional background, his thrust to enable ordinary homeowners to finance solar installations over 25 years with 50-dollar savings a month, and GoodLeap's market-leading 28% financing of all home solar installations nationwide and projected growth. Also noted is Barnard's 4-billion-dollar net worth.

The article reports that the American businessman Warren Buffett has showed a short-term investment gains on Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and Apple Inc. It highlights the financial performance of both companies which show an increase and decrease on corporate profits in the market. It also cites the surge in the stock market.

The article provides information on the possible assets of several businessmen in the U.S. including Herbert Simon, Leonard Abramson, Charles Francis Dolan, and James Elsworth Davis.

The article presents information on British designer and retailer Terence Conran. Conran was knighted in 1983 for services to British design and industry. In the summer of 1987 Conran sided with a group that wanted to do a leveraged buyout of Storehouse Inc. and then break it up. But in September 1987, he changed his mind and publicly renounced any breakup ideas.

The article focuses on entrepreneur Rupert Murdock's bid for Warner Communications Inc. His move on Warner Communications might be opportunistic in its timing but not in its goal. It could be a major step toward world leadership in communications software. Murdoch, of course, wouldn't put it so grandly. What few people have noticed is that Murdoch's aptly named News Corp. already vies with Time Inc. and the Times Mirror Co. for world print leadership. News Corp.'s global revenues in the current fiscal year will approximate $2.1 billion, slightly behind Times Mirror's $2.5 billion and even getting close to Time Inc.'s $2.8 billion.

The article profiles several U.S. businessmen and politicians as of March 1938. It details Strathmore Paper Co. president Horace A. Moses' contributions to the emergence of New England thrift ideas and his involvement in banking, educational and philanthropic activities. U.S. Vice President John Nance Garner is considered the man with the most influence on the U.S. Congress, even more than U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Fletcher W. Rockwell has been appointed president of National Lead.

The article features several businessmen and their success in the U.S. as of October 1930 including Atlas Stores Corp. president H.M. Stein, A.O. Smith Corp. president L.R. Smith, and Continental Can Co. president O.C. Huffman. Topics discussed include Stein's views on the radio business, the products offered by Smith's company for the oil and chemical industry, and Huffman's views on business recovery. Also mentioned is Brookmire Economic Service president H.W. Moorhouse.

The article presents brief profiles of several businessmen and executives as of July 1929. They are Henry J. Gielow Inc. president Joseph A. MacDonald who started his career in the company as a salesman, Puget Sound Power & Light Co. president Alton W. Leonard who believes that outdoors is the greatest health builder, Massachusetts Institute of Technology president Samuel D. Stratton and American Writing Paper Co. president Sidney L. Willson.

The article features Joyce C. Hall, founder of U.S. greeting card company Hallmark. Hall has been considered an art patron because of his efforts to introduce art to the masses through his greeting cards. Some of the cards include reproductions of paintings by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and artists Grandma Moses, Norman Rockwell, and Reginald Marsh. He has 250 full-time artists who work in his Kansas plant as of 1950.

The article discusses efforts of American business man Henry Ford to change the structure of Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad (DTI) and enlarge its capacity. He expects to have the entire road from Detroit to Ohio River double-tracked so that his coal will come on all the way on his own efficient road. He started the construction of a short terminal freight line where he also started industrial development. It notes how Ford make his mark on the highroads and the railroads as well.

The article features Patrick J. Frawley, chairman of the board of both Eversharp, Inc. and Technicolor. The 40-year-old is described as highly excitable man bursting with nervous energy. He consults his father who sits as a director on both Technicolor and Eversharp on all major deals. His father made him eat 200 U.S. dollars worth of Grape-Nuts which taught him a lesson that has already made him two fortunes.

The article discusses U.S. and Canadian dollar parity as of June 1960. It recalls that in 1952, Canadians felt proud that their dollar finally commanded a premium over its U.S. counterpart, while Canadian businessmen were taking foreign exchange losses. It talks about the decline of the Canadian dollar since the start of the year, the Canadian government's monetary policies that stopped credit tightening, and the benefits of closer approach to parity in U.S. and Canadian dollars.

The article focuses on the special interest among American businessmen over the state of Europe in 1922. The three waves related to American's great interest over the health of Europe's business is explored, which includes the second wave that was created by discussions at the American Bankers Association Convention over canceling Inter-Allied debts. A discussion on the gold rush in the U.S. in 1922 is included, which includes the flow of gold around the world.

The article features several South Korean businessmen and their companies. Topics discussed include the role of Byung-Chull Lee in the growth of his conglomerate company Samsung Group, the business strategies used by Ju Yung Chung for Hyundai Group and a background on the operations of Lucky Group under the leadership of its chairman, Cha Kyung Koo.

The article discusses how the activities of U.S. Federal Trade Commission injure the innocent. The Federal Trade Commission is criticized as a machine which can be used by an unscrupulous business man to damage or even ruin a competitor. An example of the injustice that results from the Commission's policy of giving wide publicity to unproven charges is presented. The role played by the Commission as a detective agency by concerns that wished to find facts about a competitor is noted.

Focuses on Hong Kong based tycoon, Jimmy Lai, and publicly listed company, Next Media. Discussion of his introduction of "Apple Daily," a Chinese-language newspaper in Taiwan; Success of the newspaper which is not aligned with a political party; Competition in Taiwan for advertising deals; Losses of Next Media; Background on Lai and the clothing chain he started; Role of "Apple Daily" in promoting a march against anti-subversion laws created by Tung Chee-hwa.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to an article on Pakistan in the June 6, 1983 issue.

The article features several business leaders in the U.S. as of mid-December 1930. It claims that Bankers Trust Co. of New York chairman Seward Prosser is a very soft-hearted financial executive. The other featured businessmen include Walter S. Butterfield, L. M. Wainwright of Diamond Chain & Mfg. Co. and William D. Kenny.

Letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues, including "The Changing Nature of the Corporation," in the September 15, 1967 issue, a recital of car maker Studebaker's ancient history, and a paper that features a picture of businessman Irenee du Pont, two of his brothers and their cousin, in the September 15, 1967 issue.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "What Do You Think" published in the January 1, 1926 issue.

Discusses venture capital and entrepreneurs in the United States. The effect of investors greed on venture capitalists who are being pressured for quick returns; Comment of Nancy Dorman, administrative general partner at New Enterprise Associates on final return of investment; Internal rates of return (IRR) as an accounting game; How the original owner is diluted.

This article discusses the success of businessmen Marshall Reynolds when he took control of the First National Bank of Huntington, West Virginia. When Marshall Reynolds took control of the First National Bank turned a tiny local bank into Key Centurion Banc shares, his state's largest bank holding company, and then sold out to Banc One in 1992 for a handsome premium. In January 1993 Reynolds spun off Champion from a private company he controls, selling 1.4 million shares to the public at $8 each. Its 4 million o-t-c-shares have since trebled, to a recent 24.

The article discusses on the Standard Oil Co. Ohio (Sohio) fourth quarter 1985 business report. According to Alton W. Whitehouse, Sohio chairman, Sohio's profit would have increased over the last year if it only took the writeoff process as a brave and virtuous step in doing business. Another thing to consider for the next report is the Rumpelstilzchen accounting, also known as Big Bath accounting, which was used by dozens of businessmen in the 1985's fourth quarter report.

The article focuses on Tinkham Veale, an engineering graduate of Case Institute of Technology, who retired after confounding a successful group of light manufacturing companies. In 1965, when Veale was 50 years old, he began buying family-owned companies and making their proprietors his partners. But before Veale could start acquiring, he needed a vehicle, a publicly traded one, and preferably one that could shelter earnings from companies he could then go out and acquire. To make sure that the selling management does not rest on its oars, Veale typically pays owners of his target companies only 60% of the purchase price in cash.

The article focuses on limited partnership contracts between artists and businessmen. Pianist Arkadi Bogoslavsky in the Soviet Union, has been collecting names since he emigrated in 1976. He hopes to raise $1.5 million in a public limited partnership that would launch his career nationwide. The article refers to a deal between businessman Thomas R. Carter and pop-rock singer Robb Kramer. Banker David Bindeman, Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen's son and daughter-in-law and other limited partners invested $165,000 for a potentially splendid return--70% of royalties from Kramer's first album up to 150% of their investment, 50% thereafter and declining cuts from the next three albums.

The article profiles businessmen Harold Goldstein of commodity option firm Goldstein, Samuelson and Steven M. Powers of Goldstein, Samuelson's parent company First Leisure Corp., who are said to be emulating Bernard Cornfeld of mutual fund company Investors Overseas Services (IOS). It cites the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) suspicions of fraud against Goldstein. It also notes Cornfeld's contributions to First Leisure in terms of creating public image through public relations.

The author comments on business and political issues in the U.S. in 1947. Business leader Jacob Kindleberger died, whom the author descibes as a sincere and individualistic business leader. Meanwhile, the author notes that U.S. President Harry Truman has proclaimed the cessation of hostilities of World War II. According to the author, this proclamation creates confusion among the public.

The article profiles acquisitions company Landry's owner Tilman Fertitta, whose company owns hospitality businesses like casinos and restaurants. Fertitta has made a name for himself by organizing successful corporate turnarounds for companies including the Rainforest Cafe, the Golden Nugget casinos, and Bubba Gump Shrimp restaurants. Other topics include why Fertitta named his private yacht "Boardwalk" after opening a Golden Nugget in Atlantic City, New Jersey, why he believes that location is everything for a restaurant, and why seafood restaurant Joe's Crab Shack is the only holding Landry's has ever sold.

The article discusses billionaire Philip Anschutz. he has been successful in a variety of industries including telecommunications, entertainment, petroleum, and railroads. His Anschutz Entertainment Group controls 120 venues around the world including sports stadiums and theaters, and plans to double that number within five years. Anschutz is notable for his reluctance to flaunt his achievements in the media, and seldom speaks directly to the press. Acquaintances consider him a shy but hard-working businessman. His investments include the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team and the Regal Entertainment chain of theaters.

This article presents leaders in the world of business who made their fortunes in the news and entertainment industry. The business leaders include Rupert Murdoch of News Corp., John Kluge of Metromedia and Sumner Redstone of Viacom. The article notes that economic factors have caused these business leaders' net worth to fluctuate and in most cases decline.

Focuses on Stelios Haji-Ioannou, a Greek serial entrepreneur, who has built up an empire which includes airline EasyJet Plc. View that his strategy for getting richer is similar to that of Bill Gates, and includes going public and looking for some long-term appreciation; Themes which unite his disparate businesses; Description of his business empire.

Profiles the wealthiest Internet entrepreneurs in the United States as of October 2000. Philip Anschutz, founder of Qwest Communications; John Kluge, founder of Metromedia; David R. Huber, founder of Corvis Corp.; Others.

Reports on the economic transformation of Asian countries due to offshore private investors. Profiles of several Asian businessmen; Fluctuations in the wealth of Asian entrepreneurs and their willingness to take risks; The role of information technology in India; How the structure of Japanese companies changed with the advent of the Internet and the effect it has on older workers; Distrust of the Japanese media for young entrepreneurs. INSET: Pachinko Warrior.

Focuses on several veteran businessmen who have helped steer business in the United States through a period of tremendous growth and turbulence. The success of William Ruane whose company, Ruane, Cunniff & Co. began in 1969; Why he has wanted his business to stay small; How Jim Burke has become one of the grand old men of American business; The career of Jack Muller who founded General Housewares.