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- Mar. 19, 1990: Business Notes:Publishing
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- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- Mar. 19, 1990 The Right To Die
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- <source>Time Magazine</source>
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- BUSINESS, Page 53
- Business Notes
- PUBLISHING
- Malcolm's Last Gift
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- <body>
- <p> Publisher Malcolm Forbes, who died at 70 last month, was
- renowned for extravagant gestures, from hot-air ballooning over
- China to a $2 million birthday bash in Morocco. Last week
- Forbes Inc. employees received one last act of largesse from
- their late boss. In a memo, Forbes' son and successor Steve
- announced that, in accordance with his father's wishes, all 750
- staffers would receive an extra week's pay. Moreover, up to
- $10,000 in loans from the company to any employee would be
- forgiven. "As Pop put it, `Like a lottery, it's pure chance as
- to who benefits,'" said Steve Forbes.
- </p>
- <p> Although Forbes made low-interest loans available to any
- staffer with more than a year's service, fewer than 50
- employees owe the company money. As spokesman Don Garson put
- it: "I'm sure many of us are saying, `Damn it, why didn't I
- borrow something?'"
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