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...other school shootings, where every aspect of the murderers' lives is reported on TV and in the press, making them heroes to troubled teens. The media should devote more space to teens who are doing good things instead of paying attention to those who do something unimaginably horrible. JOHN SHIPLEY Dunkirk...
...numbers add up," said Ohio Republican John Kasich, chairman of the House Budget Committee. Moreover, he asserted, they will continue to add up because of conservative assumptions used to create them. His Senate counterpart, New Mexico Republican Pete Domenici, pointed out that those estimates factor in two mild recessions sometime during the next 10 years and include assumptions that "do not contemplate the kind of growth that is actually going to occur." That would imply surpluses even greater than projected--a prospect confirmed by Allen Sinai, chief global economist for Primark Decision Economics, a forecasting firm. Sinai's "baseline" forecast...
...John Groves, 36, exemplifies both trends. He founded Open Microsystems, an Austin, Texas, electronic-software-and-services company, in 1991. Seven years later, he had built it into a $5 million business. But, he says, "we had to raise a lot more money or settle into a growth rate that in my opinion wasn't enough for long-range prosperity." So in 1998 he sold out to Gresham Computing, a British firm. Gresham coveted Open Microsystems' technology, employee team and customer list. In return, Gresham enabled Open, now renamed Gresham Enterprise Storage, to "get into deeper pockets," as Groves puts...
...which can make small-company combinations harder to arrange than big buyouts. John Mavredakis, senior manager of the Houlihan Lokey investment bank, has helped arrange both types. "When we work with large corporations, everything is methodical and rational," he says. "With smaller companies, emotions come much more into play. Personalities play a major role. There is the need of the entrepreneur, his desire to make sure that his employees are being treated fairly and that he is giving them a good home...
...scheme. Brandau's attorney denies the allegations. Just a month ago, two officers of Justus Viatical, a Pompano Beach, Fla., firm, were charged with selling investors $2 million worth of fraudulently obtained life-insurance policies. Their lawyer calls the indictment a farce. And insurance heavyweights like American General and John Hancock Mutual Life have recently fought in the courts to rescind bogus policies...