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...paneled boardroom doors of Wall Street, a bitter power struggle is under way that could well decide the fate of the $2.7 trillion U.S. banking industry. The battle pits behemoth against behemoth, commercial banks against investment-banking houses, prestigious names like Citicorp, Bankers Trust and BankAmerica against equally blue-chip concerns like First Boston, Salomon Brothers and Goldman, Sachs. But fundamentally, the struggle matches traditional U.S. bank-lending practices against computer-driven techniques that are drastically changing the way that more than $6 trillion worth of nongovernment credit is channeled through the U.S. economy...
...main problem originally was the potential elitist connotation," Yarowsky says. "We didn't want a 'Guide to Muffy and Chip's Prep School.' We worked with Chris and were satisfied that it conveyed the information and tone in an acceptable...
Kirkland and Quincy House Committees will each chip in $500 for beer and provide manpower for the spring fling, which will count as the houses' one party with alcohol allowed each year...
Beleaguered American semiconductor manufacturers largely welcomed the sanctions. Chipmakers in the U.S. claim to have lost $135 million in sales since late last year because of the dumping of Japanese chips in foreign markets. As evidence, U.S. manufacturers have displayed receipts for Hong Kong purchases of such semiconductors as the 256K dynamic RAM (random access memory) chip, which sells there for $1.89 apiece, even though Japan has agreed to a minimum price of $2.50. As a result of such global discounting, U.S. makers say, their share in 1986 of the world chip market, at 43%, fell behind the Japanese portion...
Some potato-chip addicts are brand loyal, notably the lovers of the greaseless and quintessentially potatoey Charles Chips, a Pennsylvania Dutch winner that has been going strong for 45 years and that proved best among the 65 varieties tasted for this report. The jalapeno Charles Chips led all other seasoned types. For decades Charles Chips were delivered to homes in 40 states, always packed in the company's trademark mustard-colored cans; now they are sold in supermarkets in typical air-cushioned bags. In Ohio, the loyalty lines are drawn between chips made by two old local outfits: the good...