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And look who's behind the wheel now. The new owner of the world's most admired beer is South African Breweries, which last October bought a controlling interest in Pilsner Urquell and Radegast, the Czech Republic's two top brewers, from investment bank Nomura International in a $321 million...
The storm began over letters McCain wrote on behalf of Paxson Communications, one of the nation's largest broadcast groups, which wanted to buy a license to a Pittsburgh TV station. Paxson has a stake in 72 stations and 51 affiliates that carry its family-oriented programming. Pittsburgh is the...
Lee misses an important point on Italy and other nations. Italy was able to "spend far less than the U.S.," and still "[do] just fine," precisely because the U.S. spent so much. As with all developments in technology, those who copy benefit more than those who create. The United States...
The commission also charged Driskell and Burton only $1 for 100 servings of lemonade, provided by Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS), which they handed out to people in front of the Science Center Dec. 15. The campaign claims it was given the lemonade for free by someone in the Mather...
His taste changed and developed; in due course he would acquire a number of Cezannes, including the mighty Self-Portrait of 1878-80, solid as a Provencal mountain, which he perceived to be a sort of midpoint between El Greco and Picasso. In the same way, his early dislike of...