Word: jointly
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...concept moved on to Europe in 1973 and Asia in 1976. In Australia we offer additional local coverage through a joint venture with John Fairfax & Sons Ltd. Last year the various international editions of TIME carried a total of 53 cover stories that did not appear...
...world's computer microchips, but since then the Japanese have taken over roughly that share. Last week a group of seven American computer companies, including archrivals IBM and Digital Equipment, announced a move that might help the U.S. recoup some of its lost ground. The companies will create a joint venture that will manufacture and sell dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips using IBM technology...
...venture must also win congressional approval before it can proceed, since antitrust law generally prohibits joint manufacturing ventures between major competitors. But experts predict that Congress will make an exception for U.S. Memories. Besides the potential gain in chips, they contend, the lessons learned from the DRAM joint venture could show American industry how to become more competitive in other high-tech areas, including high-definition television...
...animal testing. Last week Avon Products announced that it would stop such experiments. Even Ralph Nader, the quintessential business basher, has adopted a more moderate approach. Nader, who last fall led the California revolt against excessive auto-insurance premiums, recently cited the auto industry and its suppliers for their joint quality-control efforts. Firestone, for example, allows automakers to inspect its plants and equipment...
...This joint commercial venture between historic enemies takes place in one of the earth's chillier, less hospitable locales. And when a huge net full of an incoming catch drops the body of Zina Patiashvili onto the deck of the Polar Star, the whole enterprise becomes icier still. Patiashvili had been a popular member of the Polar Star work force, dishing up food in the mess and making herself available to a goodly number of male comrades on board and, so rumor has it, to more than a few visiting American fishermen...