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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...1970s have hardly been a happy time for the American Captain of Industry. Pressed hard by environmentalists, consumer activists and Government regulators, he is now coming under fresh attack from trustbusters in the Justice Department, the Federal Trade Commission and the Congress. All are considering ways to expand and toughen the nation's 90-year-old antitrust laws. The new activism, besides making lawyers rich and executives apprehensive, is raising some of the most fundamental questions about the social and political power and the function of U.S. corporations. The basic themes are as old as the debate between Jeffersonians...
Mueller, like Pertschuk, was also concerned because the impact of big mergers is difficult to measure and may not become clear until after competition has been badly damaged. As companies expand by merger, their muscle may scare off smaller competitors. In the words of Walter Adams, the conglomerate giants have the resources to support money-losing operations for long periods; they can simply "outbid, outspend and outlose" small rivals, creating a kind of economic Darwinism...
...Western industrial nations want Japan to expand domestic demand and consumption by taking steps to stimulate the economy and lift average Japanese incomes. That would tend to raise imports and reduce exports because Japanese wages and other costs would go up. But such a course risks higher Japanese inflation and lower profits, which the nation's business establishment opposes. Unless the corporate chiefs relent, however, they risk the greater shock of having their access to world markets sharply curtailed. The threat of selective protectionism against Japan is rising, and it worries U.S. officials. It would dangerously damage relations with...
...most visible part of the Carlson empire is the Radisson Hotel Group, which last year generated revenues of $90 million. There are 19 hotels with a total of 7,139 rooms, and Carlson hopes to expand by 1,000 rooms a year. He opened a resort hotel a year ago in Scottsdale, Ariz., and the Radisson Oasis, built near the Pyramids outside Cairo, will be finished by the end of 1979. Farther afield, Carlson is negotiating with the Chinese to build a hotel in Peking. He has a particularly active period of growth planned for two recently acquired restaurant chains...
Indeed the Eli oarsmen used their significant size advantage early in the race. Their edge in rowing power helped them expand the lead despite Harvard's efforts to overtake them...