Word: bidding
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Stephan Fantauzzo, head of Indiana's public-employee union, has seen a lot over the years, but nothing beats the day his auto mechanics came to him and said they didn't want their raises. Indianapolis had just put out to competitive bidding the business of repairing city vehicles, and that meant his workers had to bid against private companies to keep their jobs. Fantauzzo's workers were worried that they would be underbid. So they gave up their pay raises--and narrowly won the contract. The competition has brought a new efficiency to the operation: costs are down...
...alarming rate. Only Fred Anderson, the chief financial officer, is roaming the halls as Jobs negotiates with Microsoft by phone and works on a quickie video of the new Apple board he virtually handpicked--naturally to include his buddy, Oracle chief Lawrence Ellison, who considered his own takeover bid of Apple this spring. "We caught Larry Ellison in the San Jose airport last Friday before he left for vacation," says Jobs, chuckling, as he watches raw video footage in the boardroom. "Apple is the only life-style brand in the computer industry," Ellison is saying onscreen. "It's the only...
...impressive string of literary awards and fellowships, not to mention a circle of devoted readers. But the big commercial blockbuster that all writers, no matter how pure and literary, dream about has so far eluded him. Already Dead (HarperCollins; 435 pages; $25) looks very much like Johnson's bid to hit the charts, with a bullet. Subtitled A California Gothic, a phrase that some may find redundant, this new novel offers just about everything that thriller buyers look for: drugs, booze, sex, murderous violence, a soupcon of the supernatural and a large cast of enterprising psychopaths...
Weld is encouraged by a letter signed by all 45 Democrats and being circulated around Washington by Senator John Kerry, who defeated Weld in his '96 Senate bid. But that letter and $3 won't get a decaf latte out of Helms. A Helms spokesman commented: "No one who has held a news conference to criticize the chairman has become an ambassador...
...With the election only 39 months away, the 2000 field may now have its first candidate who is not named Gore. Conservative Missouri Sen. John Ashcroft is schmoozing with media consultants, talking with conservative grassroots groups and planning visits to New Hampshire and Louisiana as he mulls a bid for the GOP presidential nomination. Next stop :a chat with Trent Lott to discuss his ambitions. With support from conservatives and the religious right, Ashcroft may have a shot. Certainly, he and Bill Weld would make for a great debate...