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VALDEZ, Alaska--Alaska's top environmental official testified yesterday that a "reluctant and myopic" Exxon stalled efforts to clean up the nation's largest oil spill by largely ignoring damage outside the immediate spill zone...
Both Harvard and Radcliffe are stockholders in Exxon--as of June 30, 1988, the oil company was Harvard's seventh largest holding at $25 million. Radcliffe also holds Exxon shares, with a market value totalling...
Nonetheless, Radcliffe chose to retain itsholdings in Mobil, Morrell says, despite a policyof not holding stocks in companies which dobusiness with South Africa's police or military.It is unclear whether Harvard is currentlyinvested in Mobil, although it does not appear onthe list of the University's 50 largest holdingsas of June...
...airlines scramble to expand their fleets and replace aging jets, many have found that renting planes can be a better deal than buying them. The chief beneficiary of the trend is GPA Group of Shannon, Ireland, the world's largest jet-leasing company. Last week GPA confirmed its dominance by ordering 308 new planes valued at $17 billion, the biggest such purchase in history. Seattle's Boeing will supply 182 jets worth $9.4 billion, Europe's Airbus Industrie 54 for $4.3 billion, and St. Louis-based McDonnell Douglas 72 for $3.1 billion...
Such problems have plunged most firms into the financial doldrums. Merrill Lynch, the largest U.S. brokerage, reported last week that its first-quarter profits tumbled to $37.2 million, down 46% from a year ago. Paine Webber Group said its earnings dropped 56%, while Dean Witter's income was off nearly 40%. Shearson Lehman Hutton suffered a particularly harsh blow. After writing down its holdings in MCorp, a troubled Texas banking firm, Shearson reported a $15 million loss for the quarter. Overall, the before-tax income of U.S. securities firms slumped to $450 million, down 60% from the first quarter...