Word: inc
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...shops in Taiwan and Hong Kong, knock-offs of the bestselling Apple II Plus model are available for prices ranging down to $325, as compared with $1,530 for the genuine article in the U.S. A few of the bogus machines bear Apple Computer Inc.'s distinctive trademark, a multicolored apple with a bite missing. Others have slightly changed names like Apolo. Asian manufacturers have so successfully duplicated the silicon micro chips in the core of the Apple machines that the imitations can use a broad range of software, from VisiCalc, the top-selling business budgeting and planning program...
Succeeding McCardell as chairman will be Louis W. Menk, 64, a retired chairman and chief executive of Burlington Northern Inc., who has been a director of Harvester since 1974. Unlike the gruff McCardell, Menk is a low-key and cautious manager who will reassure bankers. He will be assisted by the head of a newly created corporate finance committee, William G. Karnes, 71, former chairman and chief executive officer of Beatrice Foods and an executive with long and close ties to many of Harvester's bank creditors...
Marrying the boss's daughter has been one route to the top in American business. Last week Christie Hefner, 29, got to the top by being the boss's daughter. Hugh Hefner, 56, founder and chairman of the board of Playboy Enterprises, Inc., announced that he was promoting his daughter to president. Said the proud papa: "Christie's promotion is a natural transition. She has certainly been well prepared for this move...
...Spanish to Indians who spoke only Cakchiquel. He learned the language, then during the next twelve years, with no formal linguistic training, developed an alphabet that he used to write a Cakchiquel translation of the New Testament. In 1935 he co-founded the nonprofit, nonsectarian Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc., which has repeated the process for 90 previously illiterate tribes...