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...fray. For their part, Barry Diller's allies contend that they don't need the backing of Bell Atlantic to prevail in the Paramount battle. Diller is about to add an additional $500 million or more to his war chest from Cox Enterprises; he already has $2 billion of bank financing on top of a combined $1 billion commitment from Liberty Media and Comcast cable, Liberty's major partner in QVC. Some experts say Bell Atlantic would be making a major strategic mistake if it let Paramount get away. In a world with 500 or more channels competing for viewers...
...policies. In response to the conservative tide sweeping Austria, the Socialist leadership has taken a step toward the center by appointing Finance Minister Vranitzky to the chancellorship. At 48, he has served in government for only two years. But as the former director-general of Austria's second- largest bank, Vranitzky is viewed as a sophisticated economist and administrator. Socialist leaders are now reassessing their goals for general elections scheduled for next spring. The Socialists are expected to try to forge a partnership with Waldheim's People's Party, renewing the popular coalition that governed Austria from...
...around 530 to 750. By now, this fury of calamities has pushed Mexico to the brink of defaulting on its foreign debt of $98.6 billion. As De la Madrid recently warned, ''Dead men don't pay debts.'' Last week the country scrambled to avoid a financial collapse. The Central Bank intervened in currency markets to push the peso back to 660. De la Madrid appeared on TV, stronger and more simpatico than usual, to allay doubts about his wavering government. Paul Volcker, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board, made a secret trip to Mexico to try to expedite...
...week Foreign Minister Jean-Baptiste Hilaire met with U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz in Washington and was promised an increase in U.S. aid from $50 million to $70 million for 1986. Even so, many Haitians blame their economic problems on Finance Minister Leslie Delatour, 34, a former World Bank official. Because of his advocacy of a belt-tightening austerity program in a time of staggering unemployment, Delatour is ridiculed by some of his countrymen as a toutou, or puppy, of the Americans. After a fortnight of unrest, the country appeared to be settling down last week...
...improved system is set up to identify donors of organs.'' At present, they charged, ''it almost seems like publicity is the only method that's working.'' In fact, Congress has already taken action to improve the organ distribution system. In 1984 it passed legislation creating a national computer bank to match organ donors to recipients. But the Reagan Administration has resisted spending the $2 million allocated for the network. Last week Senator Albert Gore, a sponsor of the legislation, blasted the Administration for dragging its feet. ''What do we tell families,'' he asked, ''that they have...