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Send in the Clowns. DoALL Company, a Chicago-area machine tool distributor with nationwide offices, hired the Eastern Onion Singing Telegrams company of Bethesda, Md., to bring its message to 74 undecided Congressmen, DoALL's local branches had been hurt by the business slump, and they favor the President's tax plan. Their ditty, sung to the tune of The Yankee Doodle Boy, concluded: "You'll have a job for every man/ So just say 'Aye'/ Don't be a slob/ Someday you might have Reagan's job/ So please vote for Reagan...
This was not the first murder in Thailand's cola wars. Two years ago, a Pepsi distributor stabbed a Coke man to death. A court later ruled that the Pepsi employee had acted in self-defense. Such violence is common in provincial Thailand, where political instability has imparted a certain Wild West atmosphere...
...called the Model A, back in 1917. Since then, it has fallen behind domestic competitors like Toyota and Nissan, the company that makes Datsuns. The company's struggle to crack the U.S. market dates back to 1971, when Mitsubishi agreed to let Chrysler Corp. become its sole U.S. distributor. "Ten years ago, we were but a babe and Chrysler a big man," recalls Tojo. "Now Chrysler is a big burden for us." As Chrysler's financial problems have worsened, its dealer base has shriveled, and Mitsubishi has steadily lost ground to tough Japanese competitors like Honda and Toyo...
...demoralized the firm and caused a management shakeup. MGM was attracted to UA because it owns a library of about 2,000 old films that can be sold to cable TV. MGM executives also want to control United Artists' worldwide distribution network, since they will now collect the distributor's 30% cut of their movies' gross ticket sales. Says Merrill Lynch Vice President Harold Vogel: "The merger means MGM will be a stronger competitor...
...California's O'Gara Coach Co., is a distributor of armored cars to 18 foreign governments and has done business with the wealthy in some 35 other countries. He says that his clients today are less enamored of armor and gadgets and more aware of the need for professional security men. "Hiring trained people will make a 300% increase in security," says O'Gara. "An armored car is a small part of the total security package...