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To stop his takeover bid. the profit to pickens and his partners $89 million. it is no secret that you ve made about a half a billion dollars through losing on your attempted takeovers. do you go into it anticipating that a loss is still gonna stand you very well? well, you never like to lose, but if you lose and make money, well, it makes it a little easier. i remember i was someplace and the guy got up and said, i have a question. he said, you re making a lot of money out of this, and i said, the shareholders are, too. he said, yes, but you re a fast-buck artist. fast-buck artist. i said, who in the hell would want to be known as a slow-buck artist? i see it as a free-enterprise system working at its best. burrough: pickens was really the first major investor to realize how undervalued american companies were and what you could buy there. and it was his early tilts at gulf, city services, all these famous deals that brought this new reality ....
Of the investment banking firm of drexel burnham lambert, inc., but this 40-year-old wall street whiz is said to be the most powerful financier in america. he brought respectability to low-rated junk bonds and then used the money to finance corporate raids and takeovers. without mike milken t. boone pickens couldn t have raided gulf, unocal, and phillips petroleum. pickens: the gulf deal was the first time i saw milken. he said, if you really want to take over gulf, it s gonna cost you $13 billion. [ laughing ] and i said, yeah, i get it. and he said, i can get the $13 billion. palmer: he s the guy that t. boone pickens goes to, and most people haven t heard of him. well, that s just the way he likes it. he doesn t care about publicity. he doesn t care about pride. all he cares about is making money, doing deals, and having power. burrough: he was this shadowy howard hughes-like figure that those of us even in the press never saw, you just heard [whispering] it s milken. but, y ....
Try going to work at 7 a.m. in a hospital at different burrough, you have to take the train and it is condescending to say what people are experiencing is not safe. she talked about her child not experiencing problems on the subway and i think that is great she found way to commute that doesn t put her child in danger. as moth are of three children, it is important to make sure they have street smarts in how they commute around the city and interact with people in a dense place like new york city. make sure your kids are aware of surroundings. we ve had violence on the subway and it doesn t serve anyone and is provocative to say it isn t ....
Attorney and queens works fairly well with the police, too. it is three burrough out of the city of new york that are not proactive in working with the police and proactive in prosecuting crimes. ainsley: thank you for being a voice, we appreciate it. hand over to ashley with headlines for us. ashley: prosecutors moving forward with the prosecution of for opening fire last thursday night. this is ralph on the screen. the 16 year old mistakenly rang the doorbell while attempting to pick up his younger brother. prosecutors believe there was a racial component to the shooting. he is ever roing at home. newly released body camera video shows paramedics saving actor jeremy renner s life on new ....
The hunt for the killer after the councilwoman was found gunned down in her car. eunice dwumfour was remembered as the first african american to hold office in her burrough. eunice dwumfour saw our community and saw her residents. we can all learn from her, her love of family and loyalty to her oath of office, she taught me to have faith in the process. and that is a gift that i don t think i can ever repay. marianne: surveillance footage shows a suspect running, the figure is seen running shortly after a 911 call was made after residents reported hearing six to nine gunshots and heard the sounds of eunice ....