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Fortune: Will the Cavemen's Evolution Boost Geico?updated: Mon Apr 02 2007 00:01:00

The news that ABC will produce a half-hour comedy pilot featuring the cavemen made famous in ads for Geico was a nice boost for the long-suffering Neanderthals. But opinions are mixed on how it wil...

Fortune: THE NATIONAL BUSINESS HALL OF FAMEupdated: Mon Apr 05 1993 00:01:00

THEY DRAW to inside straights. They carry coals to Newcastle. And when they are in Rome, they don't even do as Romans do. Yet they prosper. They are the men and women of the National Business Hall ...

Money Magazine: TRY THIS WINNING STRATEGY FOR MAKING 50% IN TWO YEARSupdated: Wed May 01 1991 00:01:00

Buy the best, avoid the rest, and never sell on bad news.'' By following this credo, veteran money manager Richard Cheswick, 66, benefited fully from the wartime stock rally that boosted the Dow 18...

Fortune: DANCES WITH WOLVESupdated: Mon Mar 11 1991 00:01:00

Billion-dollar secrets aren't easily kept, particularly in the world of network television, but media mogul Leonard Goldenson managed to pull it off. Six years ago Goldenson, now 85, delivered the ...

Money Magazine: THIS MOTHER KNOWS BEST WHEN IT COMES TO PICKING STOCKSupdated: Mon Feb 01 1988 00:01:00

Five years ago, Linda Zimbalist Smith left her job as an analyst at First Boston to start a brokerage and securities research business with her husband William. Since then, the firm has attracted a...

Fortune: THE EDITOR'S DESKupdated: Mon Apr 14 1986 00:01:00

THE QUESTIONS COULD come straight out of TV soap operas: Are GE and NBC compatible? Will CBS get over Ted Turner? Can Capital Cities rescue ABC's ratings? Followers of broadcasting's long-running t...

Fortune: Investing in the New Economyupdated: Mon Nov 25 1985 00:01:00

A new breed of mutual fund is aiming to cash in on the fast-growing service economy. These service sector mutual funds buy stocks of companies in industries such as broadcasting, banking, transport...

Fortune: ARE MEDIA MERGERS SMART BUSINESS? Acquiring is suddenly the rage in the entertainment and information industries, with the hotteupdated: Mon Jun 24 1985 00:01:00

ONE OF THE WORST things that could have happened to the television industry finally has: the financial markets have fallen in love with it. Like an Edenic resort that loses its charm as it gains po...

Fortune: CAPITAL CITIES' CAPITAL COUP Wall Street cheered as the 16th-largest communications company prepared to swallow ABC. The outfit updated: Mon Apr 15 1985 00:01:00

WHEN CAPITAL CITIES Communications, a medium-size New York company, worked out a $3.5-billion takeover of giant American Broadcasting Cos., Wall Street paid a rare tribute. Usually only the target ...

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