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...most momentous development, the protests for the first time received the support of segments of South Korean society other than students. Housewives, businessmen and assorted onlookers shouted encouragement and occasionally joined the marchers, who in many cases were their sons and daughters. In Pusan, the country's second largest city and the scene of a demonstration involving 50,000 people, Presbyterian Minister Cho Chang Sop, 60, proudly reported that both of his college-age children had joined the protest. Said he: "Nowadays most of the parents support the kids." In Songnam, ten miles south of Seoul, a protest march...
After BankAmerica had suffered losses of $855 million over the past two years, Chairman A.W. Clausen gamely reassured stockholders last month that the unpleasant surprises were over. By year's end, he promised, the nation's second largest banking company would be back in the black. Clausen spoke too soon. Last week BankAmerica announced that it expected a staggering second- quarter loss of $1 billion, the largest in its history...
...nation's third largest paper, the news last week was the News itself. The New York City tabloid (daily circ. 1.4 million) settled out of court, reportedly for $3.1 million, with four black journalists who had charged racial discrimination in promotions, raises and assignments between 1979 and 1982. It was the first such case against a major newspaper to go before a jury, which ruled for the plaintiffs in April. The agreement came after three days of out-of-court bargaining that took place in the trial's second stage to set monetary damages for the four journalists. The News...
...pilots staged a 29-day strike, but Ferris prevailed and set up the new wage system anyway. He insisted that the carrier needed lower costs to meet the challenge of cut-rate competitors like Texas Air, which through a series of mergers has eclipsed Allegis to become the largest U.S. airline company, with both Continental and Eastern now under its wing...
...company's stock and hinted that he might join in the pilots' takeover effort. But Trump sold his stake in the airline for a reported profit of $55 million. In the meantime, the little-known Coniston Partners had been quietly amassing shares, and suddenly emerged as Allegis' largest shareholder. Brandishing a 13% stake in the firm, the partnership announced its intentions to overthrow the Allegis board, name its own slate of directors and sell off the company piece by piece...