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...status of "parity" with Israel. Militarily, Mubarak wanted $1.5 billion a year in aid, half in loan and half in grants, a package comparable to Israel's. Reagan instead pledged an increase from $900 million to $1.2 billion, which is probably about as much as Egypt can usefully absorb in a year...
...Absorb the Message...
...Chamber of Commerce puts the annual loss from electronic theft at $100 million. But computer-crime specialists say that the true figure could be considerably higher. Much chicanery goes undetected, and even when culprits are caught, the victimized company often tries to hush up the scandal and absorb its losses rather than admit to having poor computer security. Says Charles Lecht, president of Advanced Computer Techniques Corp., which distributes computer equipment: "The crime you see is a fraction of what's going on." According to banking sources, a Washington, B.C., bank has yet to report publicly a huge fraud...
Jewett said he hopes to set up meetings with students in the Houses this spring to determine the maximum level of work-study time and post graduate debt students feel they can absorb...
...weeks after the far-reaching agreement that settled the U.S. Government's seven-year-old antitrust suit against the company, AT&T officials are still trying to absorb all the implications. After 48 years as the world's largest corporate monopoly, Ma Bell faces the prospect of being freed from federal regulation to compete, like any other company, in whatever businesses it chooses to enter. The consequences for consumers and businesses alike are certain to be historic. Says Ralph Acampora, an investment analyst for the New York City brokerage firm of Kidder Peabody & Co.: "It is Gulliver...