Word: expansionism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Both men are expected to keep Gannett on its current course of aggressive expansion. Including last week's acquisition of the Louisville papers, which had been owned by Kentucky's Bingham family for the past 68 years, Gannett now owns 93 newspapers with a combined circulation of more than 6...
VES receives nearly 50 applications for the 35 openings in its sophomopre class, but Bakanowsky says the department has no plans for expansion. Instead, Bakanowsky, who teaches the two Core Curriculum courses offered by the department and believes that "the arts belong to everyone, not a select few," says that...
Despite the disappointing performance of new Coke, sales of the many other Coca-Cola drinks have been so strong that the company's share of the $26 billion-a-year U.S. soft-drink market has grown this year to 39%, vs. rival Pepsico's 29%, according to Beverage Digest. A...
Several factors are driving ad agencies into a pattern of expansion by acquisition. For one, industry profits dipped 1.5% last year, in part because the economy was sluggish and client companies curbed their advertising budgets as a cost-cutting measure. In response, many ad agencies are resorting to mergers as...
But the economic statistics contain a striking anomaly. Even as business activity increases and worker shortages grow more troublesome, the number of Americans on the jobless rolls remains high by historical standards. The unemployment rate stands at 7.2%, which is less than the 9.7% registered in 1982 but still well...