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According to OCS's Web site, the firm is not scheduled for a recruiting meeting on the 28th--only Anteros Capital Market; Putnam, Hayes, and Bartlett, Inc.; and Schroder and Company, Inc. are listed...
...remains to be seen whether this flurry of furriness will revive what has been a dwindling industry. In 1988 there were more than 1,000 mink farms in the U.S. Last year there were about half that number. While some of this is consolidation, Evans Inc., the retailer considered a bellwether of the fur industry, has lost money in seven of the past 10 years. And its share price, which hit $13 in 1987, was still less than a dollar last month...
...often farm out high-cost specialties like organ transplants to secondary insurers who "carve out" coverage of these procedures and do separate deals with hospitals. In this case, PHP sold its liver business to Minnesota's Minneapolis-based United Resources Network, a subsidiary of the giant United HealthCare Services, Inc. Unbeknown to O'Connor, only days before, URN had cut a deal with...
...manufacturing, the effects of computerization are easy to quantify. Take the computerized quality-control systems that the Measurex division of Honeywell Inc. sells to papermakers. The systems continuously measure such factors as the thickness of paper speeding through machines at up to 60 m.p.h. That enables operators to make adjustments that prevent breaks in the paper, avoiding shutdowns that can cost tens of thousands of dollars each. Rick Rowe, vice president of global operations for Honeywell-Measurex, claims that within 12 to 24 months, papermakers recover the $350,000 to $5 million they spend to buy the control systems...
...mink-trimmed skirts off store racks. Last week Mizrahi startled many in fashion's orbit when he announced that he was shutting down his business after a 10-year career during which media attention rarely eluded him but strong sales often did. The final blow came from Chanel Inc., which had bankrolled Mizrahi since 1992 but decided to dissolve its partnership with the designer after three years of financial losses...