BRIEFCASE THE FIRM OPENS LONDON OFFICE.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services The Firm, a Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. entertainment management company that represents the Dixie Chicks, Linkin Park and Mary J. Blige, among others, announced Monday that it is opening its first international office in London. Jeff Kwatinetz Jeff Kwatinetz is the CEO of a talent management company called the Firm, and has worked with many celebrities, including music acts Jennifer Lopez and Kelly Clarkson and actors Samuel L. Jackson and Vin Diesel. , who co-founded the company in 1997, said in an interview Friday that the company hopes to replicate in Europe what it had built in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The company started by acquiring music management firms and combining them under one roof. But The Firm now has film and television units, as well as a merchandising division. It also owns the Pony sneakers sneakers Noun, pl US, Canad, Austral & NZ canvas shoes with rubber soles sneakers npl (US) → zapatos mpl de lona; zapatillas fpl brand. Richard Griffiths, the former president of Epic Records Epic Records is an American record label, owned and operated by Sony BMG. Electric Light Orchestra, Ozzy Osbourne, Sade, Luther Vandross, Gloria Estefan, George Michael, Cyndi Lauper, and Duran Duran paved the way for Epic's multiplatinum 1980s and 1990s successes. U.S., who recently left BMG BMG Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Germand: Federal Ministry for Health) BMG Be My Girl BMG Blue Man Group BMG Bertelsmann Music Group BMG Be My Guest BMG Browning Machine Gun BMG Bulk Metallic Glass , will be named president of international operations. ConAgra recalls canned ravioli IRVINE - Irvine-based ConAgra Grocery Products Co. announced Monday that it is voluntarily recalling about 17,000 cases of Chef Boyardee 99% Fat Free Cheese Ravioli in Tomato Sauce because they might have been mislabeled mis·la·bel tr.v. mis·la·beled also mis·la·belled, mis·la·bel·ing also mis·la·bel·ling, mis·la·bels also mis·la·bels To label inaccurately. Adj. 1. . Some of the cans could actually contain beef ravioli and soy protein. Consumers are asked to return the cans to their grocer for a full refund. No other Chef Boyardee products are affected by the recall. Consumers who have questions about the product can call a toll-free line 24 hours a day, (800) 414-2500. Vivendi revenue up 9.7% in 2001 PARIS Paris, in Greek mythology Paris or Alexander, in Greek mythology, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Hector. Because it was prophesied that he would cause the destruction of Troy, Paris was abandoned on Mt. - Vivendi Universal, the French parent of Universal Studios, reported Monday that its revenues rose 9.7 in 2001 on growth in its telecoms and environment services, slightly below a self-imposed target of 10 percent. Vivendi's revenues were $50 billion in 2001, compared with $46.3 billion on a comparable basis in 2000. Qwest will aid in SEC probe DENVER - Qwest Communications International Inc. on Monday said it has received a subpoena subpoena (səpē`nə) [Lat.,=under penalty], in law, an order to a witness to appear before a court. A subpoena ad testificandum [Lat. in a federal investigation of Global Crossing Ltd. and will cooperate fully with authorities. Qwest battled Global Crossing in 2000 for U S West, the Denver-based Baby Bell. Qwest launched a successful hostile bidding war to break up Global Crossing's merger agreement with U S West. The SEC is investigating allegations that Global Crossing, which filed for bankruptcy in January, misstated revenue and expenses. Company officials have said the accusations by Roy Olofson, former vice president of finance, are without merit and that they are cooperating with the investigation. The Beverly Hills-based Global Crossing listed $12.3 billion of debt and $22.4 billion of assets, making it the largest telecom bankruptcy case in U.S. history. Intel promises improvements SANTA CLARA - Intel Corp. introduced a family of microprocessors Monday that promises to improve the performance and increase the battery life of handheld devices such as cell phones and palm-sized computers. The Intel PXA250 and PXA210 processors will allow improved music, movies and games on next-generation gadgets, which are expected to be popular as wireless networks are upgraded in coming months. The PXA210 will run at speeds of up to 200 megahertz One million cycles per second. See MHz. MegaHertz - (MHz) Millions of cycles per second. The unit of frequency used to measure the clock rate of modern digital logic, including microprocessors. and will be used in cell phones, entry-level handhelds and wireless devices. The larger PXA250 will run at speeds of up to 400 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. and will be part of high-end handheld devices. Products built with the new processors are expected to be available by the middle of the year. Rates on T-bills down Monday WASHINGTON - Interest rates on short-term Treasury securities fell in Monday's auction. The Treasury Department sold $16 billion in three-month bills at a discount rate of 1.715 percent, down from 1.735 percent last week. An additional $14 billion was sold in six-month bills at a rate of 1.810 percent, down from 1.830 percent. Both the three-month and six-month rates were the lowest since Jan. 22, when the bills sold for 1.670 percent and 1.735 percent, respectively. In a separate report, the Federal Reserve said Monday that the average yield for one-year constant maturity Treasury bills, the most popular index for making changes in adjustable rate mortgages, fell to 2.19 percent last week from 2.25 percent the previous week. |
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