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...more immediate deterrent to takeovers is the market's volatility. Wild gyrations in prices make it difficult for raiders to know what to bid for a company. Although Minneapolis-based Raider Irwin Jacobs has been boosting his stake in Greyhound and IC Industries since the crash, he is wary of making any big moves. Says he: "You don't do business in the eye of a hurricane...
...result is a novel comparative shopping list. General Mills, maker of Wheaties, for example, beats Quaker Oats. Reason: General Mills' "generous and innovative" programs for housing and minority business in Minneapolis. But Quaker Oats' Aunt Jemima pancakes stack up higher than the Downy Flake brand, because Downy's manufacturer, IC Industries, is a defense contractor...
...swashbuckling Marine -- and more visible than ever. At the parking lot of Marine headquarters in Arlington, Va., North's gray station wagon is easily spotted. Alongside similar autos sporting SEMPER FI decals, North's car displays only one bumper sticker, the popular prolife slogan, GOD IS PROLIF-IC...
Continental Illinois directors who were asked not to seek re-election at next spring's stockholders meeting include the vice chairman of the board of directors of International Business Machines and the chief executive officers of Borg-Warner, FMC Corporation, IC Industries, and Baxter Travenol Laboratories, individuals with extremely successful track records, none of whose companies had ever had serious problems. Yet, by exercising rights gained last spring when agreeing to bail out the bank, the FDIC has stunned Wall Street by ordering their quick removal...
Without dismissing such concerns, ic TIME economists said that the current prosperity in Pacific nations would smooth leadership transitions. Said Chen: "In many cases, if an economy does well, it helps stabilize the political situation." Agreed Villegas: "Compared with the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, East Asia is a haven of political stability...