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Owning stock in Reuters, the London-based international news wire, used to be considered less an asset than a potential liability for the British and Commonwealth newspapers that hold most of the shares: the company sometimes lost money and paid no dividend for more than 40 years. Proprietors of defunct journals treated their residual interest in Reuters as worthless, omitting mention of the stock in their wills. Sellers of papers regarded their percentage of Reuters as at most an incidental value. This week, however, Reuters for the first time will offer shares to the public, and the once disgruntled owners...
...Bill has been a great asset this year because we lost a couple of our top players to graduation last year," explains sophomore Larry Scott, the squad's top-ranked player...
...signed simply "Steve." Once they started reading, surprise turned to shock. "Over the weekend," began the memo, "you have probably read or heard news-media reports of allegations that a consultant may have made improper payments in Korea. These allegations are very serious since they attack our most valuable asset-Bechtel's hard-earned reputation for honesty, integrity and high business ethics...
Richardson's biggest asset--his status as the quintessential insider--might be his biggest liability as well. Friends say Richardson never took pride in his role in the "Saturday Night Massacre," and he disappointed many who wanted to make a hero of him by refusing to condemn Nixon...
Depth of talent is still the Times's most enviable asset. Its prestige enables it to lure star writers from other papers to routine assignments, from which they must fight to get stories into print. Times columnists and critics automatically become figures of national prominence. Among the best are Humorist Russell Baker, Political Commentator William Safire, Drama Critic Frank Rich and Architecture Critic Paul Goldberger. But the paper's political coverage lags behind the Washington Post's, and its business and sports sections are both weak when compared with those at other major papers. But even with...