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...Victor Posner, 67, another well-known corporate raider who lives in Miami Beach. Between 1984 and 1985, Posner paid about $80 million to acquire control of New York City-based Fischbach, the largest electrical contractor in the U.S. Boesky had also bought 13.4% of the shares of that company. In September, Posner was granted a new trial by a federal judge who overturned his July conviction on charges of evading $1.2 million in income taxes. Posner will neither confirm nor deny that he was subpoenaed...
...What kind of a place could you throw up for $37,000?" I asked the first contractor I called...
...Sorry, pal," he said. "That kind of money wouldn't even pay for what my dog throws up." Comedy I don't need, not when I'm on White House business. I hung up and called another contractor...
Chrysler intends to keep up with the automotive space race by making several high-tech acquisitions. In August 1985 the automaker spent $642 million to buy Gulfstream Aerospace, a maker of business jets. Iacocca has since been interested in a friendly takeover of a defense contractor priced at $1 billion or less but has been unable to find a suitable match...
Sweeney, a retired cost estimator for a defense contractor, came to Salem in 1983 to give private instruction to a young protegee and then was hired as the women's team coach. Last year, he decided to get a college education for himself but waited a season before trying out for the team...