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With Japan riding high as a premier economic power, no company stands a better chance of dominating global finance than Nomura. The company, building on a powerful domestic base, is a behemoth. Its assets ($372 billion) surpass those of Citicorp ($204 billion) and Merrill Lynch ($55 billion) combined. Nomura's 1987 profits ($2 billion) were almost four times those of American Express. And as Japan converts manufacturing muscle into financial might, the securities giant has passed Toyota (1987 earnings: $1.7 billion) to become the country's most profitable company. No wonder Nomura sparks respect in its competitors, inspires hard work...
...suffered a devastating blow four days later when Merrill Lynch canceled plans to raise $720 million for him by issuing low-interest securities. In the days before the crash, the Merrill Lynch debt issue seemed destined to give Holmes a Court the buying - power to finance his planned intercontinental behemoth. Even after the crash, the money might have helped him hang on to the investments he had already acquired. But without the financing, he was forced to meet obligations by selling off stocks at the worst possible moment, when they were still depressed from the crash...
...Street, Broadway and Seventh Avenue. The planned buildings are of varying heights (29, 37, 49 and 56 stories) but otherwise identical: grand colonnades, red and pink granite, glass mansard roofs. These will be hulking structures, with more than twice the square footage of the area's current most egregious behemoth: John Portman's 50-story Marriott Marquis hotel a few blocks up Broadway...
Founded in 1958 mainly to provide insurance for retirees, AARP is now the nation's largest special-interest group. "Join the Association that's bigger than most countries," boasted a recent magazine ad. This elderly behemoth, nearly twice the size of the AFL-CIO, continues to grow by about 8,000 new dues payers a day. One out of nine Americans belongs, paying a $5 annual fee. AARP offers drug and travel discounts, runs the nation's largest group-health- insura nce program and a credit union. In addition, its savvy media operation includes Modern Maturity, the nation's third...
Once numbers and letters lead lives of their own, colors cannot be far behind. And, indeed, they provide the supporting company of Peter Sis' Rainbow Rhino (Knopf; $11.95). Birds of primary hue -- red, yellow and blue -- lure their behemoth friend through poppy fields and banana groves searching for tranquillity. It will surprise no one that they find it back in their own back veld. Happily, the simpleminded text is augmented with whimsical drawings that show a mature eye and a youthful...