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Hill & Knowlton often trumpets the triumphs of other companies, but last week the Manhattan firm had something of its own to crow about. Currently the second largest U.S. public relations firm, Hill & Knowlton announced that it would merge with No. 3 Carl Byoir to become No. 1 in p.r. (projected 1986 revenues: $125 million). The proposed $12 million acquisition, coming only two weeks after Hill & Knowlton bought the flourishing Gray and Co. in Washington, will oust Burson Marsteller from the industry's top spot...
This is far from the first time that OPEC has tried to cope with oil prices, which have been falling since 1981 because of sluggish world demand. The group has periodically imposed quotas, but they never stuck. For most of this decade, Saudi Arabia, OPEC's largest producer, kept its production far below capacity. Last year, though, it began a new strategy of boosting output and flooding the market. A price war ensued, as Yamani knew it would...
...there but the heart-pounding, thum-pa, thum-pa music. Last week a Long Island shark fisherman who served as the model for the grizzled Quint in Jaws helped a young charter-boat captain land the largest great white shark ever taken on a sporting rod and reel. Frank Mundus, 60, and Donnie Braddick, 30, had spotted a group of great whites feeding on the carcass of a whale about 25 miles south of Montauk, N.Y., and mobilized for battle. But the monster did not immediately abandon the whale in favor of the crew's whiting , and butterfish bait...
...frequent flyer by booking a seat on GPA. For that matter, no passenger has ever eaten a meal served by a GPA flight attendant or checked a bag with the company. Yet Shannon, Ireland-based GPA, formerly known as Guinness Peat Aviation, owns one of the world's largest commercial passenger jet fleets. Instead of flying its planes, which will soon number 187, GPA leases them to some 25 airlines, including Pan American, Qantas and People Express. For cash-strapped carriers, renting a Boeing 737, even at $240,000 a month, is often more affordable than spending $28 million...
Officials in Atlanta have been sensitive about their city's image since the deluge of bad publicity following the plague of child murders from 1979 through mid-'81. Down by Law, Atlanta's largest, best-organized and most violent youth gang, got its start in 1981 as a small group of young teenagers who armed themselves and moved in packs for protection during the scare. In early 1985 they had their first shoot-out with another gang, the Creepers. In the past several months, members have been linked to armed robbery, rape, assault and other crimes. In an intimidating show...