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...bidding against industry giants Delta and United for choice Pan Am routes to Europe. He may have help from American, which does not want its large rivals to capture those assets. TWA could finance the deal by selling some of the routes to American and keep some to bolster its own strength. Icahn has always insisted that an executive with his own money on the line makes a better manager. Now he's got to prove...
...industry more dependent on exports to the Third World, but political and economic developments are cutting off those markets as well. U.S. officials have joined Israel in condemning the sale to Syria. The deal also set off a fierce struggle within Czechoslovakia between government officials who want to bolster the nation's international reputation and others who think the agreement could help bridge the gap until the industry retools for nonmilitary production. Says Slovak Prime Minister Jan Carnogursky: "We've asked the federal government to clear the matter up and persuade complaining governments that the deal is harmless...
Just months away from its anticipated close, a multi-million dollar fundraising campaign intended to bolster educational programs, endowed chairs and renovations at Harvard Medical School has almost reached its goal, schools officials...
Although the arrival of new scholars will strongly bolster a troubled department, Donald's departure leaves the History Department with only one 19th century Americanist--William E. Gienapp...
...talents to the attention of the Bush Administration. But the White House, with its friends in Big Business and its fealty to the philosophy of deregulation, may not have expected so much activism so soon. "I have no problems making decisions," declares Kessler, who is investigating several strategies to bolster FDA enforcement. Among them: levying fines, giving subpoena powers to agency inspectors and searching through corporate records...