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Late on Saturday in the Persian Gulf, the U.S.S. Nimitz had received no attack order from the Pentagon, but everything was pointing to a confrontation. In contrast to last month, when intelligence information took days to reach the aircraft carrier, the CIA was rushing satellite-reconnaissance photos to the Nimitz's dimly lit combat center in just minutes. Out on the flight deck, pilots in F-14s and F-18s who were executing as many as six sorties a day over southern Iraq reported that Saddam was preparing for an American attack by dispersing his surface-to-air missile batteries...
...underscore the fact, the Pentagon is sending another 32 warplanes to the Gulf, where the aircraft carrier USS George Washington arrived Friday to join the USS Nimitz. And let's not forget the six F-117A stealth fighters arriving in Kuwait. There's more than enough firepower in place now to severely punish Iraq in the event of any interference with the UNSCOM inspections ? the question is, after the events of the last three weeks, will America ever again be diplomatically capable of carrying out an air strike...
...Although WorldCom appears to have successfully outmaneuvered the much larger GTE in the race to acquire the United State's second-largest long distance carrier, anything can happen in this brave new world of telecommunications deregulation. Potential barriers include investors, federal regulators and, yes, even GTE. British Telecom, the other player in the three-way bidding war, has apparently cashed out ? pocketing nearly $7.5 billion thanks to its 20 percent stake...
This summer's contract renegotiation with MCI--Harvard's long-distance carrier--compounds the confusion surrounding student telephone rates...
...regional carriers and their affiliates, it all means more profits. The Canadair Regional Jet has a sticker price of $18 million, vs. $7.5 million for an Embraer Brasilia, a popular 30-seat turboprop, but because the jet generates higher revenues, it has been profitable for Comair since its first month of operation. It has also fueled growth for Comair. The carrier's revenues have more than doubled since 1993, the year Comair started flying jets, to $564 million in fiscal 1997. Profits have risen meteorically: last year Comair posted net income of $75.4 million, an increase of 291% from...