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...imposing his no-frills ethic on some of the largest and most troubled U.S. corporations. Right now, the unflappable Icahn (estimated net worth: $700 million) is simultaneously juggling three daunting turnaround projects: the born-again TWA, the bankrupt Texaco and the resurgent USX. Icahn's demonstrated management know-how has made him perhaps the most credible of U.S. raiders, one whose spartan style of running a company is both inspiring and chilling for corporate America...
...Soviet industry, many U.S. corporations have nibbled but none have bitten until now. Last week a Connecticut petroleum-engineering firm signed up for a $16 million U.S.-Soviet joint venture to develop control systems for oil refineries and petrochemical plants. Combustion Engineering of Stamford will supply the technological know-how, while the Soviet oil ministry provides equipment and labor. Although control over the venture is tipped 51% to 49% in favor of the Soviets, the pact offers something for both sides: Moscow gets access to badly needed technology, and Combustion Engineering gets a foothold in the world's largest...
...intelligent life elsewhere in the universe have failed. The old-fangled, late 20th century notion of scanning the skies for meaningful radio signals yielded nothing but static and was folly besides. The new theory favors the "window of contact," the relatively brief span during which any civilization achieves industrial know-how and then either destroys itself or lapses into self-absorbed silence. As a physicist aboard the Eurydice explains, "Intelligence, in diapers, is invisible. And when it matures, out the window it flies. We have to pounce on it earlier...
Paramount's moviemaking renaissance is a tribute to the painstaking teamwork and sales know-how of Chairman Frank Mancuso, 53, the marketing whiz who took over the studio's top job in September 1984. A 25-year Paramount veteran, Mancuso worked his way up through the company's marketing and distribution ranks. Along the way, he became an important ingredient in Paramount's success over the years. Mancuso, says one of his superiors at Gulf & Western, "has an extraordinary sense of what is going to work in the * marketplace and how to position it." As Paramount chief, he has clearly...
Scheduled to take office as Congressman for the Eighth District on January 6, Kennedy plans to join his other newly elected members of the House of Representatives for an intensive course in Capitol Hill know-how at the Kennedy School of Government this week. For three days the newly elected congressmen will attend lectures by K-School experts and other political pundits from across the country...