The derivative market, like the insurance industry, does involve gambling. The sizes of the bets in the financial markets however are vastly greater than in the gambling industry. Salomon Brothers had in the recent past derivative contracts for more than $600 billion in securities.
Gloria Stewart, actor James Stewart's wife, who was prominent in animal support groups and other community activities, has died. She was 75. Mrs. Stewart died Wednesday of lung cancer at her Beverly Hills home. Stewart, to whom she was married for 44 years, their twin daughters and her son from a previous marriage were with her at the time of her death. Gloria Stewart was one of our dearest friends for more than 40 years, former President Ronald Reagan said in a statement. She was a very special woman with a wonderful sense of humor and not an ounce of self-pity..
This article is about the actor. For the Canadian former basketball player, see Stewart Granger (basketball). Stewart Granger (born James Lablache Stewart; 6 May 1913 â 16 August 1993) was an English film actor, mainly associated with heroic and romantic leading roles. He was a popular leading man from the 1940s to the early 1960s, rising to fame through his appearances in the Gainsborough melodramas. 1 Early life.