Word: deal
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...victory. Or this could be an out for Milosevic. Although the insurrection is nothing but trouble for his sanction-strapped country, he can't just hand Kosovo over. But he may welcome the chance to be forcibly shorn of it and blame NATO. If the Albanians unilaterally block a deal, the U.S. warns there will be no air strikes on the Serbs and no Western intervention on the ground...
...giants. And more of the smaller firms are deciding they'll fare best by joining with a strong partner. That's why safe, sensible Volvo of Sweden last week agreed to allow its car division to be bought by Ford, the No. 2 U.S. automaker, for $6.5 billion. The deal takes Ford closer to its goal of becoming a "world car" company. "The beauty of this deal is that Volvo is a premium brand with premium profit margins," says Scott Merlis, who follows autos for Wasserstein Perella Securities...
...just don't see why it is such a big flippin' deal that the Pope is coming here," said Suzie Rataj, with her parents and younger brothers weeks before the Pope's visit. Edward Jr., the eldest of Ed and Betty's children, is no longer Catholic; Anne, 20, remains with the church; 17-year-old twins Charlie and Tom attend Mass. ("It's a rule here, like keeping gas in the car," says Betty.) Suzie, 23, calls herself "nonpracticing...
...relationship toward success that one imagines Ally McBeal has toward food: even a small slice of the pie leaves waves of guilt. Rappers make money without remorse. "These guys are so real, they brag about money," says Def Jam's Simmons. "They don't regret getting a Coca-Cola deal. They brag about a Coca-Cola deal...
Major labels, a bit confused by the rhythms of the time, have relied on smaller, closer-to-the-street labels to help them find fresh rap talent. Lauryn Hill is signed to Ruffhouse, which has a distribution deal with the larger Columbia. Similar arrangements have made tens of millions of dollars for the heads of these smaller labels, such as Combs (Bad Boy), Master P (No Limit), Jermaine Dupri (So So Def), and Ronald and Bryan Williams (co-CEOs of Cash Money, home to rising rapper Juvenile...