Word: australia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Magazines, however, are but one of the pillars that support Murdoch's far- flung realm. The others: newspapers, books, films and television. Murdoch controls more than 60% of metropolitan newspaper circulation in Australia and 36% of the national distribution in Britain. Although he built his company primarily on racy tabloids and conservative politics, Murdoch also publishes the venerable Times and Sunday Times in London and the well-respected Australian, and he is part owner of the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. While he has sold the New York Post and the Chicago Sun-Times, he still owns...
...Murdoch's satellite network goes global, he could broadcast movies and reruns to markets as far apart as Memphis and Melbourne. And then, if he combined TV Guide's circulation in the U.S. with that of his TV Week in Australia, he could offer advertisers access to a much larger market for less money. In buying TV Guide, Murdoch has also purchased thousands of computerized capsule reviews, which would greatly simplify starting up a similar European guide...
...spirits 53%. Moreover, the company has ambitious expansion plans. Vuitton expects to introduce new pens, watches and silk scarves in the fall, and its Givenchy- perfume subsidiary is readying a line of health-care and makeup products. Moet intends to market moderately priced sparkling wines in Spain and Australia. As such projects unfold, Moet Vuitton's enormous growth potential may provide Chevalier and Racamier just enough incentive to keep their company together...
...possible that almost two-thirds of Americans 18 to 24 cannot point to France on an outline map? That 75% of adult Americans are unable to locate the Persian Gulf, where 39 American sailors have died in the past two years? That a few put the U.S. inside Australia or Botswana...
...countries, Nomura is increasingly showing its muscle on foreign ground. Six years after establishing a full-fledged subsidiary in London, it ranks No. 1 in the Eurobond market, having overtaken the likes of Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse First Boston. Nomura controls investment or commercial banks in Britain, Australia, Switzerland, Singapore and Bahrain. In the U.S. it is a major dealer in Treasury issues and holds a seat on the New York Stock Exchange. In The Second Wave: Japan's Global Assault on Financial Services, Authors Richard W. Wright and Gunther A. Pauli put it this way: "Nomura stands alone...