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...Remember what Larry Summers says: If you rush AEPi and then turn down their bid, your actions are anti-Semitic in effect, if not in intent...
...will happen when thousands of tailgates are forced to rely on cumbersome 30-packs of beer to quench Crimson fans’ taste for malt beverages. Or perhaps the idea is to enrich a single keg distributor, namely United Liquors of Cambridge, which has been given a no-bid contract to supply kegs to HoCo tailgates only. The catch is that all beer in kegs will be served by licensed, bonded and insured United Liquors employees, supposedly assuring that the College will not be sued if some student goes a bit too heavy on the Sam Adams...
...reality, the technical specifications of tomorrow's DVDs have the potential to affect the development of not just movies but also console video games like the Xbox and PlayStation, the operating systems of Macintosh and Windows computers and a host of other interactive technologies. And Sony's recent successful bid for MGM Studios (and its rich backlist of classic films) underscored just how crucial DVDs are in the entertainment and electronics businesses. The current scuffle might not be settled before two competing (and incompatible) standards reach stores, potentially blossoming into a confusing standards war like the VHS-vs.-Betamax videotape...
...Crimson’s big win last week assuaged the bad taste left in the players’ mouths after the tough loss to Penn. But it does not erase the fact that the team needs to win virtually every remaining conference game in order to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament...
...software behemoth Microsoft, which Monti fined a record €497 million in March for allegedly abusing its dominant market position. Plus, the European Court of First Instance seems intent on rolling back Monti decisions; last week, it ruled that the E.U. had been wrong to block an aborted 2000 bid by WorldCom/MCI, for rival telecom firm Sprint. Some were not impressed during the hearings. "Coming in as an antitrust novice is a very tough exercise," says David Wood, a Brussels-based lawyer for Howrey Simon Arnold & White, "but it was a lame performance. She has to pick up a gear...