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BUSINESS, Page 45Business NotesHOLLYWOODThe Lion Fires Its Boss
The curtain has been rung down on the long-running farce
starring would-be film mogul Giancarlo Parretti. Last week a
Delaware judge confirmed Parretti's removal from the board of
MGM-Pathe studios. A onetime waiter who bought the studio in
1990 for $1.3 billion, Parretti accumulated huge debts during
his half-year tenure as CEO, forcing the company into
involuntary bankruptcy. The studio's chief lender, the French
bank Credit Lyonnais, pumped in $145 million to restore solvency
but demanded his ouster. The Delaware judge agreed, condemning
Parretti's mismanagement of the firm. The downward slide
continued on Dec. 27, when Parretti was arrested and jailed in
Sicily on tax-evasion charges.