Obituaries
Anne Cox Chambers, whose family operated several media companies under Cox Enterprises Inc., served as an ambassador to Belgium under President Carter.
Jan. 31, 2020
Entertainment & Arts
The Cox family announced Monday a $1.3-billion tender offer for the 54.6% of Cox Communications it doesn’t already own.
April 9, 1985
Barbara Cox Anthony, 84, a billionaire and an heir to the Cox media fortune, died Monday at her home in Honolulu after an extended illness, Atlanta-based media conglomerate Cox Enterprises Inc. announced.
May 30, 2007
Archives
Vanity Fair, the magazine that can’t resist bestowing its “best-dressed” imprimatur on the world’s rich and famous, has doubled down on the “rich” part of the equation this month and released a top 10 list of best-dressed billionaires.
June 30, 2014
Business
A Japanese real estate tycoon has edged out a fellow countryman for the title of world’s richest person, but the United States is still home to more billionaires than any other country, Forbes magazine says.
July 8, 1991
Blockbuster Entertainment Corp. has agreed to invest $600 million in Viacom Inc. in a move certain to shore up Viacom’s bidding power for Paramount Communications Inc., sources said Tuesday.
Sept. 29, 1993
California
During a Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club lunch this week at Charley Brown’s restaurant in Redondo Beach, 70 guests were chewing on prime rib, potatoes and issues ranging from graffiti to government spending.
March 1, 1991
The oil-rich Sultan of Brunei and the Walton family of Wal-Mart fame led the list of Fortune magazine’s annual ranking of the world’s wealthiest people.
June 11, 1993
A nearly $8-billion offer by Cox Enterprises Inc. to take its cable television business private gave a lift to industry stocks Monday after months of steady decline.
Aug. 3, 2004
Here is Fortune magazine’s 1992 ranking of the world’s top 10 billionaires, with name, home, source of wealth and estimated fortune: 1.
Aug. 20, 1992