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Rick Scott remembers the first time he offered to buy HCA, the Hospital Corp. of America, based in Nashville, Tennessee. He offered $5 billion. Scott, then a 34-year-old Fort Worth, Texas, lawyer, had $125,000 in the bank. They laughed, he recalls fondly. "One guy in Dallas said, 'What are you going to do, Rick? Put it on your MasterCard...
...America are in a state of evolution. At first they included a water adventure with Lewis and Clark through pristine America, a factory town with a high-speed ride around a vat of molten steel, a county fair with a 60-ft.-high Ferris wheel, a Civil War fort and simulated skirmishes, old trains, a working farm and a Victory field where kids could parachute from a plane and operate tanks. These concepts are being reworked, but Disney is secretive on just...
Projections like that could easily swallow up the $160 billion the industry has in reserve for catastrophes. A hurricane that squarely hit both Miami and Fort Lauderdale could cost insurers as much as $100 billion. Even a small strengthening of storm winds could produce dramatically higher insurance claims. By one estimate, a wind-speed increase of only five knots would have doubled the $3 billion in losses incurred during a 1987 storm in Europe...
...become the real power. "He is lightning quick, a classic trader and a gambler," says an entertainment-industry executive. "He looks at Sumner, who is 70. He eats Biondi instantly. He comes out on top." In a sign of Huizenga's likely clout, Redstone flew to Blockbuster headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, last week to confer with his new partner. Says the Viacom chairman: "I've been down here telling Wayne that the more roles he plays in this, the happier we're going to be." Adds Huizenga: "We're in the middle of the conversation. We haven't buttoned...