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...Cyprus sessions noted such messy problems within Anglicanism as opponents' refusing to recognize either women priests or priests ordained by female bishops. As for the Pope's letter, Archbishop Runcie soothingly characterized it as "only a matter of straight speaking between friends that can help the dialogue go forward." In England, Margaret Orr Deas, of the Movement for the Ordination of Women, complained that "the Roman Catholics are not giving anything away" in the negotiations, and she expects no concessions because John Paul is "an unrelenting man and firmly entrenched in his views." The Pope's stern letter...
...that unwieldy price is about to go the way of the apothecary jar. Hoffmann-La Roche last week announced that it plans to restructure its capital by declaring a 50-for-1 stock split. The move will reduce the value of the 16,000 voting bearer shares to about $3,300 each. The overhaul will also cut the price of Hoffmann-La Roche's 61,440 shares of nonvoting dividend-rights certificates, which the company calls Genussscheine or "joy certificates," from about $95,000 to $1,900 and eliminate a cheaper class of stock that was nicknamed Baby Roche...
...conductor, has sponsored scores by many of the century's great composers. His musical foundation holds the world's most important % collection of Igor Stravinsky's papers. While Hoffmann-La Roche officials have not disclosed what will happen to the Sacher stock after the couple dies, the shares could go into a foundation that would protect the company from possible takeover attempts...
Then they go home and mull it over till the next big conference, which happens to be in June in Monte Carlo (admission $695, and no freebies). The title, "How to Profit from a World on the Brink," suggests several interesting possibilities: a) starting a financial newsletter; b) playing host to an investment conference and bringing in dueling newsletter editors for entertainment; c) before you subscribe or attend, locking up all your money in a certificate of deposit at 10%; or -- and we have to admit we like this one best, diversification being a very big idea in the investment...
...show of force, however, the recovery drive has made little tangible progress. Exxon estimated that it had cleaned a scant 3,300 ft. of beach, leaving 304 miles of oil-covered shoreline to go in Prince William Sound alone. The company claimed that it would pick up the remaining seaborne oil within the next two weeks and scrub all the fouled shoreline before cold weather arrives in September. But Alaskan officials grimaced with skepticism. "Sounds too rosy," said Dennis Kelso, Alaska's environmental conservation commissioner. "Look at Exxon's track record till now -- too little, too late, and too many...