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...years old, is considered to be one of the world's newest religions. Since then the numbers of his followers have continued to grow, and now number close to three million. Although their numbers are not comparable to other world faiths, Baha'is are widespread and have representatives in far-flung corners of the world...
...merger between GM, the world's largest industrial company, and Electronic Data Systems, the biggest computer-services firm. But the marriage of the two giants has not been completely harmonious. From the beginning, there have been predictable problems in integrating EDS's data services into GM's far-flung operations. Worse, EDS Chairman Ross Perot, who is now GM's largest stockholder (11.3 million shares) and a member of the board of directors, has become a burr in Smith's side. Perot has publicly sniped at the automaker's management for its isolation, resistance to change and indulgence...
...commission's charges against Boesky, which the investor neither confirmed nor denied in accepting last week's judgment, are detailed in some areas and fuzzy in others. In essence the agency says that from February 1985 to February 1986, Boesky profited as part of a far-flung insider scheme that involved Investment Banker Levine and at least three others. Named in the SEC complaint are Robert Wilkis, formerly at Lazard Freres and E.F. Hutton; Ira Sokolow, once with Lehman Bros. Kuhn Loeb and then with Shearson/American Express; and David Brown, formerly of Goldman, Sachs. The trio have given...
...optical technology is moving rapidly into place. Communications companies have started to lay new transoceanic cables that can compete handily with space satellites. Fiber-optic links are allowing far-flung corporations to install networks of private video hookups and connect office buildings into a new kind of "optical city." Optical technology is providing sensitive nerve endings for devices like smoke detectors and blood analyzers. Meanwhile, scientists in the U.S., Western Europe and Japan are pushing hard toward a still much-in-the-future optical computer that uses photons rather than electrons for number-crunching efficiency. The massively powerful optical brain...
...character of the South African courts has undergone several changes since the ruling National Party came to power in 1948. The 110 judges in South Africa's far-flung Supreme Court system, which has branches at the national, provincial and local levels, are appointed by the chief of state with the advice and consent of the Cabinet. The majority are selected from among the country's most respected senior attorneys. Under this system, the newly installed Afrikaner government faced a host of judges who had been appointed by the previous administration, including many who had little sympathy for security...