Word: baxters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...early signs indicate that the Reagan Administration will continue the lassitude in antitrust action. During his confirmation hearing in March, Reagan Antitrust Chief William Baxter, a Stanford law professor, strongly hinted that he would not meddle in such deals as Standard Oil of California's $4 billion bid to buy Amax, a producer of molybdenum and specialty metals, Standard Oil of Ohio's decision to buy Kennecott Copper for $1.8 billion, or Arco's purchase in 1977 of the Anaconda Co. The mere mention of such mergers between natural-resource giants would have set an oldtime trust...
...Baxter says that he intends to rewrite the antitrust division's 13-year-old guidelines on mergers in a way to permit more corporate couplings. He says he does not believe in putting more "weight in the saddlebags of the faster runners." In other areas, the Reaganauts seem to be giving the green light to practices that have previously been regarded as anticompetitive, or nearly so. One of the most important is that the U.S. may allow American companies to form joint ventures for doing international business. That would make U.S. firms more competitive with foreign enterprises, which have...
...this fall; she is one of four woman swimmers who have accepted Stanford's offer of a full, four-year scholarship. And Susan, at 15, has recently rocketed to world fame in the 100- and 200-meter breast-strokes--finishing a close third place to Tracy Caulkins and Terri Baxter in both contests at last summer's AAU Nationals...
...university has already cost Genentech $350,000, plus future royalty payments to the school. The money was awarded to the university for work done by one of its researchers on a hormone that induces human growth, which he brought to Genentech when he joined the company. Says John Baxter, the school's chief scientist on the project: "I really felt there should be some compensation...
...play begins with a suicide and ends with a duel. There is plenty of cynical merriment in between. At the center of the drama is an elegant couple, Friedrich Hofreiter (Keith Baxter) and his wife Genia (Jennifer Harmon). He is a light bulb manufacturer with a roving eye, and she practices blind decorum as high diplomacy...