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...heat Monsanto is taking, the company did not create Terminator. The technology was developed by the USDA and a Mississippi seed company known as Delta and Pine Land, and the patent was awarded to both of them. Monsanto later made a $1 billion-plus offer to buy Delta--an offer that was quickly accepted...
...appears that the investigation into unclaimed bank accounts of Holocaust victims may cost the Swiss banking establishment a billion-plus francs (say $800 million)--perhaps more than the total value of the original deposits. The international investigating commission under PAUL VOLCKER, former chief of the Fed, says it needs until June 1999 to finish its work. The Volcker Commission has 500 chartered accountants combing through tons of archives at 63 banks, and those sleuths don't come cheap. The bankers are livid about the expense and time; some of the smaller banks are threatening to throw out the commission...
...appears that the investigation into unclaimed bank accounts of Holocaust victims may cost the Swiss banking establishment a billion-plus francs (say $800 million) -- perhaps more than the total value of the original deposits. The international investigating commission under Paul Volcker, former chief of the Fed, says it needs until June 1999 to finish its work. The Volcker Commission has 500 chartered accountants combing through tons of archives at 63 banks, and those sleuths don?t come cheap. The bankers are livid about the expense and time; some of the smaller banks are threatening to throw out the commission...
...official record is on Dalbeattie's side. So when a representative of the other Murdoch -- 20th Century Fox's VP Scott Neeson -- came to the hero's hometown Wednesday, he apologized and offered the local school $8,000 out of the movie's $1 billion-plus profits. Not enough, say Dalbeattieans, who are demanding that Fox clear officer Murdoch's name in the "Titanic" video credits. "Filmgoers all over the world will see him portrayed as a coward," complained school head Linda Kirkwood. Not to mention how bad Fox looks for dishing out what will undoubtedly be seen...
Williamson said he was concerned that otherschools's more lucrative offers would soon leaveHarvard behind if the University did not turn its$11 billion-plus endowment towards higher bids fortop faculty...