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In other words lift the general economic sanctions package that has failed to overthrow Saddam, but keep controls over what weapons he can acquire?

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Powell Plans to Court Arab Support on Mideast Trip | 2/9/2001 | See Source »

"There have been previous attempts from groups to acquire airlines and maintain them individually that never panned out," he said, indicating that before long, the unnamed entrepreneurs at Jet Acquisitions Group would find themselves in the same state as TWA does now - squeezed out and flat broke.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Dark Horse in the Race for TWA | 2/8/2001 | See Source »

Murdoch's News Corp. is making serious headway in its talks to acquire what Murdoch considers the missing piece in his global media empire: DirecTV and its 10 million U.S. subscribers, currently owned by Hughes Electronics (which is in turn owned by General Motors, which makes more sense if you...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All Rupert, All the Time? | 2/7/2001 | See Source »

Among other things, Elf?s largesse allowed her to acquire a $2.4 million apartment, a $43,000 17th century tapestry and a $31,000 grand piano. Dumas apparently enjoyed the free use of the apartment?along with gourmet restaurant meals, $46,000 worth of art and a $1,500 pair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Body and Soul | 2/5/2001 | See Source »

That virtuality translates into remarkable profit margins. eBay's gross margins last quarter were a stunning 82%. Amazon, which actually has to acquire goods and ship them out, has gross margins averaging 20%. And because so much of eBay's customer recruitment is viral--sellers attracting buyers to the site...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: eBay's Bid to Conquer All | 2/5/2001 | See Source »

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