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...child fathered by him through artificial insemination. Under state adoption law and public policy, the court concluded, paying women to be surrogate mothers was "illegal, perhaps criminal, and potentially degrading to women." Wrote Chief Justice Robert Wilentz: "There are, in a civilized society, some things that money cannot buy...
...least on paper, including 45% of those listed on the New York Stock Exchange and 56% of the FORTUNE 500. So when Governor Michael Castle signed new antitakeover legislation last week, the impact reached far beyond Delaware's borders. Among its provisions, the law requires that takeover artists who buy between 15% and 85% of a Delaware-registered company wait three years before selling off assets or merging the target firm with another one. The effect will be to tie up raiders' money and make financing tougher. Delaware felt compelled to adopt the legislation partly because 32 other states already...
...Rupert Murdoch finally found someone to buy the New York Post, his money- gulping tabloid? Murdoch doesn't want to part with the 187-year-old Post but is under pressure to do so as early as next month, or be in violation of a federal law barring ownership of both a newspaper and a TV station in the same city. Last week the media mogul was on the brink of selling the daily for about $40 million to Manhattan Developer Peter Kalikow. The agreement leaves so many escape hatches, however, that the outcome is far from certain. Kalikow...
...will drastically reduce the number of independent Texas thrifts, from 281 to less than 180, by forcing % weak institutions into mergers with stronger ones. Cost of the plan: more than $7 billion over several years. At least $1 billion is expected to come from private investors who want to buy a piece of the thrifts at bargain prices...
...welcome thrill for visitors carrying U.S currency: the greenback goes 27% further in Calgary. Despite the battering the dollar has taken virtually everywhere else, Canadians still refer to it as "real money." A few other measurements differ as well. Nostalgia buffs will be able to buy gasoline once more at Esso stations, but it is sold by the liter, not by the gallon. And then there are the speed limits, which are delineated in kilometers per hour. Calgarians, like most Canadians, are unusually law abiding by American standards. When it comes to speeders, the Mounties almost always get their...