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THE INSIDER
(FORTUNE Magazine) – Jack Reichert, the CEO of Brunswick, says most avid boaters trade up three feet every three years. And we thought that was just the size of their fish stories. . .If you're a harried management person on American Airlines, fly first class and view business videos on your individual screen. Insider saw one such flick, on time-based competition, put out by the Boston Consulting Group and Harvard Business School publishing. Now we're ruthlessly efficient, much more so than if we'd been watching The Pelican Brief. . .Jean Vuarnet, who parlayed his 1960 downhill Olympic gold into a line of must-have eyewear, says 1994 silver medalist Nancy Kerrigan should be advertising, what else, sunglasses . . . And she is. Ray-Ban, owned by Bausch & Lomb, has signed her in a one-year deal. The price: undisclosed. . .The family that nine-to-fives together thrives together: Jessica Bibliowicz, 34, CEO Sandy Weill's daughter, is heading up sales and marketing for Smith Barney Shearson's mutual funds. Insider previously reported her brother, Mark, 37, her only sibling, also works under the umbrella of Travelers, Smith Barney Shearson's parent. Think the Weills take their family photos from the annual report? . . .Ex-Bloomie's boss Marvin Traub and Lazard Freres partner Lester Pollack were among those who feted the 20th anniversary of the power breakfast at the Tisch family's Regency hotel in New York City. Here's oatmeal in your eye!. . .They're having a pink elephant sale in Dallas. After two years of trying traditional methods, cosmetics queen Mary Kay Ash, 75, has a new scheme to find a buyer with the $2 million she wants for her home. She's putting the house -- a blush-colored replica of Versailles, with three fountains and two pink bathrooms -- up for auction April 29. Minimum bid: $250,000, so head on down. Tout Dallas is enmeshed by the local auction craze; some dozen homes have changed hands on the multimillion-dollar block. |
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