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Whether or not it was influenced by the recent events, the Corporation voted in favor of two disclosure resolutions filed with the General Motors Corp. and the Ford Motor Co. The University had never before sided against management in a proxy fight...
Behind every great fortune," Balzac wrote, "there is a crime." That's the contention of the stunning lawsuit filed last week by Digital Equipment Corp. against microchip giant Intel. The great fortune in this case comes courtesy of the Pentium microprocessing chip, which runs 85% of the earth's personal computers and helped feed Intel $6.45 billion in revenues in the first quarter of 1997 alone. The alleged crime is Intel's "willful infringement" on 10 Dig-ital patents in building the Pentium series. And the suggested punishment: damages that could run into the billions and an injunction against continued...
...Although the price is more than double the previous big league record $172 million paid for the Baltimore Orioles in 1993, the Dodgers are a bargain, not least because they own their stadium and draw over three million loyal fans a year. More important, the purchase would give News Corp the ability to control both sides of the sports equation as a team owner and a broadcaster. Murdoch?s Fox network and regional cable channels have played a key role in driving up the fees paid teams for televising games. By owning the Dodgers, as well as the NFL franchise...
...Family Channel, to turn it into a clone of Fox. According to those familiar with his thinking, Robertson, the former minister and presidential candidate, now 67, wants to direct his resources to his religious enterprises, including Regent University, the educational institution he founded in Virginia Beach, Va. The News Corp. deal will give him the wherewithal to do that. "From a programming standpoint, Robertson and Murdoch may be at opposite ends of the spectrum," says Bruce Leichtman, a media analyst with the Yankee Group. "But as a business proposition, there are many synergies. This deal makes a lot of sense...
...what a tangled web they weave. Last week Ticketmaster sued Microsoft Corp., charging the software titan with "electronic piracy" for offering an Internet link to the ticket agent's Website without permission. The suit rocks the very foundation of the Internet: the unhindered cross-linking of related sites. Microsoft launched the first of a series of local Internet guides to the arts, Seattle Sidewalk, with a Ticketmaster link that allowed customers to buy event tickets via computer, bypassing Ticketmaster's home page. Sales soared, but Ticketmaster was unappreciative. Microsoft ought to add an irony link; it was the Seattle band...