Word: ibm
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...they also have to pay retailers to stock their wares. That might cost $50,000 this Christmas season for a promotion at a regional chain. The casualties last week included the edu-tainment company Knowledge Adventure, being sold to CUC International (1995 sales: $1.9 billion), and Edmark, sold to IBM for $80 million. Last summer Humongous Entertainment, which makes the popular Freddi Fish series, merged with powerhouse GT Interactive. "I think it would have been very difficult to retain our market share through the Christmas season without GTI's help," says president Shelley...
...said the Kennedy School has numerous Republican faculty members, including Executive Dean Sheila Burke, the former chief of staff for Bob Dole, and IBM Professor of Business and Government Roger B. Porter, a domestic policy adviser under President George Bush...
BORN: Dec. 29, 1931, Ballina, Ireland EDUCATION: Murddach High School, Ireland, 1948 FAMILY: Wife, Brigid; six children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Construction-company owner, IBM computer refurbisher POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: 8932 South Francisco, Evergreen Park...
...Salina mayor Divine now works as the local government-marketing executive for IBM. Concerned that the changing job market demands new skills that many in his agricultural district may lack, he says he'll promote job training via school/business partnerships. But Democrat Divine runs uphill in Bob Dole's hometown district, where Clinton placed third in 1992, behind Bush and Perot...
Wittig, owner of Wallpaper World and host of a local cable-access show, The Washington Report, wants to apply her commercial acumen to legislation and attack the three threats to small business: taxation, litigation and regulation. In a district hit hard by IBM downsizing and where constituents worry about high taxes forcing companies south to Pennsylvania, Wittig's message has resonance...