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Dates: during 1980-1989
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License Commissioner James T. McDavitt said last night that the latter ban was imposed to prevent Yellow Cab's owner, Arthur Goldberg, from forming an effective Cambridge monopoly by selling the fleet to Frederic Suazo, owner of Yellow Cab's chief competitor, Ambassador/Brattle...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, | Title: Council Debates Smoking, New Cab Rules | 3/24/1987 | See Source »

...lengthy discussion of medallion transfers, Councilor Saundra Graham charged that Goldberg had already agreed to sell his 26-cab fleet to his competitor, an allegation that he denied...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, | Title: Council Debates Smoking, New Cab Rules | 3/24/1987 | See Source »

...only had Apple refused to pay for first-class airfare to California so that the Hacker could see the official announcement of the new Macintosh computers, but nobody from "little beige" (Big Blue's major competitor in the personal computer market) was even available to talk about the new line of computers--they were too busy playing with them...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: Peaking at Apple's New Bushel | 3/12/1987 | See Source »

...European launcher's fastest-growing competitor is the China Great Wall Industry Corp. The People's Republic has aggressively marketed its Long March- 3 booster service, offering discount prices and giving tours of its space facilities for potential Western clients. Says Sun Jiadong, the Chinese Astronautics Vice Minister: "We are willing to offer our Long March system with the most meticulous service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blast-Off For Profits | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

Unable to find enough young people to flip its Big Macs, McDonald's has launched a recruiting program called McMasters to entice older Americans into staffing its grills and cash registers. Competitor Wendy's offers cash incentives, scholarships and "career ladders" to hang on to teenage employees. Dow Chemical, vilified on college campuses during the Viet Nam War for manufacturing napalm, is reaching out to young people in television commercials that show freshly minted college graduates signing on to help feed the world. Across the U.S., colleges are out hustling for freshmen in innovative ways: the University of Rochester offers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Welcome, America, to the Baby Bust | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

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