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Wavetech is the western partner of Geointertech, a joint venture with the Russian government...
Chrysler is aggressively scrambling for cash. A recent stock deal should raise $330 million. And last week the perpetual American underdog announced the sale of its half-interest in Diamond-Star Motors to Japanese joint-owner Mitsubishi Motors for $100 million. Chrysler may give up its 12% interest in the foreign firm, which would not only replenish its coffers but add a bit more credibility to Chairman Lee's Japan bashing as well...
...willing to have Tokyo pay more of the cost of basing U.S. forces in Japan; he is eager to cooperate with Washington on diplomatic issues, such as Third World debt or U.N. peacekeeping ) operations. But he will insist that Japan be treated as a full partner in any joint effort and not merely be sent the bill afterward...
...Gary Smaby, a supercomputer analyst at the Smaby Group in Minneapolis. There are more than half a dozen start-up companies selling parallel- processing computers of one sort or another. Both Digital Equipment and IBM, the two largest U.S. computer manufacturers, have endorsed the concept (IBM by forming a joint venture in September with Thinking Machines), and even Cray Research has begun work on a massively parallel supercomputer. Japan has selected the technology as the target for one of its long-term research undertakings, and at least three Japanese manufacturers -- NEC, Hitachi and Fujitsu -- are busy making their own Connection...
...Japanese anticipate major benefits too. C. Itoh, which initiated the joint-venture talks last year, plans to expand its cable-TV operations in Japan by drawing heavily on Time Warner's expertise. As the world's largest trading company, C. Itoh (sales: $151 billion) already manages cable firms, runs sports and music channels and owns a 40% stake in two communications satellites. But that still leaves it plenty of room to grow in Japan, where only 18% of the households are wired for cable -- most of them in rural areas with poor regular-TV reception. "Cable is going...