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The CBS takeover attempt is in character for a man who has always been somewhat larger than life. Turner was forced out of his Brown University fraternity for burning down the homecoming display, and finally left the school after being suspended twice. He entered the family billboard business at 24...
As CBS plots its defense against Ted Turner, it will undoubtedly take a close look at a ploy that was set in motion last week by Unocal, which is trying to escape a take-over bid by T. Boone Pickens. A partnership led by Pickens, who is chairman of Texas...
The health-care industry is bubbling with billion-dollar mergers. American Hospital Supply, the nation's largest distributor of hospital supplies, agreed last week to merge with Baxter Travenol Laboratories, the third-biggest hospital-supply company, in a deal valued at $3.8 billion. Monsanto has also agreed to acquire G.D...
not implementing E.U. reform directives, the ease with which Germany's utility mammoth E.ON sidestepped competition laws to acquire Ruhrgas in 2003 suggests stronger remedies may be needed. "Incumbent monopolies are like elephants," says one Commission official. "They live long lives, have long memories and do not take gracefully to...
The Crimson editorial highlights the need for an increased voice for graduate students on campus. As a media outlet, The Crimson should applaud an open and fair exchange of ideas like the opinion polling conducted by the GSC. Instead, The Crimson appears content to criticize graduate student efforts to engage...