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...Safran, Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, refused to discuss the book's funding in an interview last night...
That shortfall is hitting the bottom line. Robert Albertson, an analyst with the Smith Barney investment firm, estimates that delinquent loans to foreign firms may have lowered fourth-quarter profits of major banks by some 5%. Concern about an earnings drain from bad loans has already helped depress bank stocks. While the stock market has been reaching new highs, shares of Citicorp have fallen 14% since November. Chase Manhattan has dropped 11%, and Valley National is down...
DIED. Jack Albertson, 74, veteran actor who co-starred with the late Freddie Prinze as the misanthropic garage owner in television's Chico and the Man and whose background included vaudeville, Broadway and films; of cancer; in Los Angeles. Albertson won two Emmys, a Tony for his 1964 Broadway role as the surly John Cleary in The Subject Was Roses and an Oscar for best supporting actor in the 1968 movie version of that play. Albertson played the soft-hearted Willie Clark in Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys on Broadway, and appeared in such films...
Standing in line at the supermarket is not usually a barrel of laughs. But at Albertson's Food Center in San Jose, Calif., the checkout counter is turning out to be the most entertaining part of the visit. Albertson's, along with five other U.S. supermarkets, has installed a tiny black box manufactured by National Semiconductor Corp. of Santa Clara, Calif. The device electronically simulates a woman's voice calling out the price of each item, the total bill and the amount of change owed shoppers. The machine, dubbed POSitalker, is usually connected to a so-called...
...that the laser scanner is doing its work properly, and most people seem pleased enough. Says Peter Scialabba, 37: "More stores should have them. Lots of times you wonder if you are getting the right change, but this eliminates the wonder." One dissenting voice belongs to Linda Swope, an Albertson's customer who complains about one part of the supermarket experience that no machine can make pleasant. Says she: "It's disgusting. No one wants to hear that one lousy steak costs...