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Greater competition has also meant a more urgent need to guard trade secrets. Says William Easterbrook, a computer-industry analyst at the Kidder, Peabody & Co. investment firm: "IBM is going all out, both to develop and introduce technology, and to protect what they already have...
...inclined to applaud any new venture in the industry. But as Los Angeles Times Publisher Tom Johnson points out, "USA Today's success will be determined by a very tough public and by advertisers looking for the best possible increase in sales." Business Analyst R. Joseph Fuchs of Kidder, Peabody and Co. Inc. rates USA Today's chances as "better than even." John Morton of Lynch, Jones and Ryan notes that Gannett is at worst taking a gamble in which potential rewards greatly exceed risks: "This is not an enormous investment, it is like buying a moderate-size...
...Bell faces the prospect of being freed from federal regulation to compete, like any other company, in whatever businesses it chooses to enter. The consequences for consumers and businesses alike are certain to be historic. Says Ralph Acampora, an investment analyst for the New York City brokerage firm of Kidder Peabody & Co.: "It is Gulliver's Travels retold for the 1980s. The Lilliputians, like the Government, controlled a big giant. But one at a time, the strings began to fall away. Now we are confronted by this company with tremendous strength and resources that has been dormant for years...
Industry analysts believe that RCA's retreat from the world of conglomerates will result in a healthier company. Said R. Joseph Fuchs of Wall Street's Kidder, Peabody: "It makes sense to get rid of the diversified businesses and hop back to being a communications company." The sale of C.I.T. or Hertz would also give RCA some badly needed cash to spend on expensive new ventures into satellite communications, cable programming and broadcasting. - By Christopher Byron Reported by Peter Stoler/New York
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