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Seven men, four of them carrying submachine guns, steal $220,000 from the Casino San Rafael in the plush seaside resort of Punta del Este - the biggest robbery 'in Uruguayan history. Several days later, after the thieves discover that some of the haul belongs to a pool for casino employees' tips, they graciously offer to return that amount. At about that time, four men break into the Financiera Monty, a Montevideo finance company that deals in currency exchange and real estate. Although the men make off with thousands of dollars and six account books, the company does...
...made last year ("Two million? Three million? Four million? I don't know"), but he claims proudly that he sold 2,000,000 albums in 1968. "That's more than Andy Williams, more than Tony Bennett." The set for his television special, he says, "was the biggest single set ever built for TV." As a result of the show, he "had offers from every single network for a series...
...revolt was sparked by fear among investors that Montedison was on the verge of "hidden nationalization." The two biggest government industrial enterprises-ENI and I.R.I.-recently acquired a near-controlling interest in Montedison, a diversified manufacturer of chemicals and other basic products (TIME, Oct. 18). Now they were proposing a rule change that would give government forces virtual veto power in the Montedison board. Enraged, more than 2,000 small stockholders turned up at the meeting, the largest such group ever to so gather in Italy...
...balance sheet suggests that Volkswagen could rest easy. In 1968, sales of the world's fourth biggest automaker (after the U.S. Big Three) rose 25%, to nearly $3 billion-and they are running 12% above that rate so far this year. The company's profits advanced 21% last year, to $85 million. Still, VW faces special perils. Revaluation of the German mark (see Money, page 90) could cut into exports by raising prices in foreign countries, where the company does more than three-quarters of its business. VW is also being tail-gated by hustling Japanese automakers. Last...
Germany's largest exporter is most vulnerable in the U.S., its biggest foreign market. The company shipped a record 570,000 cars there in 1968, but its 51% share of the American market is under direct attack by the Japanese and by Ford's new $1,995 Maverick. In its first two weeks on sale, the Maverick has been selling briskly but somewhat off the pace set by the then-new Mustang in 1964. So far, it has made no appreciable dent in Volkswagen sales, but next year it will be joined by VW-sized cars now being...