Jim Tisch expects the business to start paying dividends soon, helping Loews' cash pile.
Meanwhile, there are plenty of good low-tech stocks that a Buffett or a Tisch could appreciate.
The reason is that, unlike Buffett and Tisch, they didn't stick to core principles.
In early 2000 some big investors bailed out: Laurence Tisch's Loews arranged to sell 40 million shares.
Will and I chatted up Steve and Laurie Tisch as New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg sidled up.
Ms. Tisch said she didn't see any conflict between her state-level role and involvement in city politics.
Still, Buffett and Tisch are sound value players, a discipline they never deserted, no matter what occurred.
Larry Tisch would have been proud, however, of how his sons and his nephew have fared without him.
Ms. Tisch said the boy was a "sweet" fourth-grader, and she and his classmates tried to console him.
Tisch liked to short stocks, but when he sensed systemic risk he sold Standard and Poor's Index futures.
Bob Tisch died of brain cancer on the same date two years later.
My primary position is as the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law, at New York University School of Law.
Unlike Berkshire, Loews doesn't sell at a premium to book value, but Tisch's company boasts a strong balance sheet.
But they often serve as high-profile ambassadors and fundraisers both roles Ms. Tisch and the Thompson campaign say she will play.
"The Tisch family makes a point of being here every day, with at least one family member, " I was told.
Buffett, Tisch, Robertson and Soros have all seen their 65th birthdays and belong in the money management hall of fame.
The NYU system also includes the Tisch Hospital, the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, and the Hospital for Joint Diseases.
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Loews, owned by the Forbes 400-ranked Tisch family, reported a 16% jump in fourth quarter profit on better investment partnerships.
Ms. Tisch has generally been supportive of Mr. Bloomberg, though the two have sometimes clashed on particular pieces of education policy.
After receiving the necessary support and encouragement from the Tisch Center and esteemed colleagues, I immediately knew who to contact first.
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In Junehe brokered a meeting in Moscow between Putin and American Jewish leaders, including James Tisch, chief executive of Loews Corp.
Jim Tisch says that in 27 years with his father at Loews he can't recall ever hearing explicit praise--or criticism--from the boss.
"My father was a safety net underneath me, " says Jim Tisch, 53.
The shares of Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and Tisch's Loews are down considerably.
You can dismiss Tisch's collection of out-of-favor assets (tobacco, insurance, oil drilling).
Laurence Tisch, and Wall Street great John Whitehead, who begged him to turn off the spigot of easy money and rock-bottom interest rates.
Ms. Tisch could help boost Mr. Thompson's credentials in the city's prominent real estate, business and financial circles, a crucial group for fundraising.
Ms. Tisch said she worked with Mr. Thompson at the time, as officials and lawmakers weighed putting the mayor in charge of city schools.
Cohen will move to New York to help local entrepreneur and investor David Tisch run the first program, which will go through April 2011.
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But producer Steve Tisch recently shut gocoverage.com after agents threatened a boycott because he published unsolicited reviews of screenplays they were already peddling to studios.
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