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...dispute over a dig poses a threat to Begin's coalition...
Later in the day, in Jerusalem's Shabbes Square, 10,000 religious militants staged a three-hour demonstration, protesting what they termed the desecration of graves at the government-approved dig. Leading the protest were members of Netorei Karta (Guardians of the City), a fundamentalist sect that refuses to accept the legitimacy of the Israeli state, and representatives of Agudat Israel (Union of Israel), an ultra-Orthodox religious party that joined Prime Minister Menachem Begin's new government a month...
...result, many companies find it cheaper to buy factories rather than build them or to acquire mines rather than dig their own. Firms with scarce natural resources are the most tempting takeover targets because the price of their assets in the ground has increased particularly fast. For example, since the first energy crisis in 1973, the value of Conoco's plentiful oil, coal, natural gas and uranium reserves has risen from $2.6 billion to $14 billion. Experts say that Conoco's shares are worth at least $45 more than any of the bidders are now offering...
Moreover, inflation in construction costs has encouraged companies to buy existing factories rather than build them and acquire mines rather than dig their own. Concludes Tomislava Simic, an expert on merger patterns for Chicago...
...tragedy of Timerman's ordeal is more than his personal anguish. The Jewish community of Argentina and others should recognize this fact. The ovens of anti-Semitism may be waiting again, but no Jew will ever dig his own grave or walk placidly into those ovens...