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...Marvin Davis. In spurning the $90-a-share offer, NWA Chairman Steven Rothmeier, 42, said his firm fully intends to remain independent. But Davis, whose group owns 3% of NWA's shares, vowed to press ahead with plans to acquire the company and its prize asset, Northwest, the fourth largest U.S. airline. The Californian's bid has raised the hackles of many Minnesotans, who are still smarting from last year's takeover of local giant Pillsbury by Britain's Grand Metropolitan...
While Pickens is now Koito's largest shareholder, analysts doubt that the Texan can take over the company. Reason: most of Koito's shares lie firmly in the hands of corporate allies who rarely sell their holdings. Since Japanese companies are not allowed to own their own stock, Pickens might try to sell his stake to one of Koito's allies. The Texan claims he simply saw Koito as a company with potential for improvement. Says he: "We want to work with Koito. New blood often helps...
...Declaring debt relief for the Third World to be a "matter of urgency," the two agencies put their support behind the plan proposed last month by U.S. Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady. His program calls for a gradual reduction in the $350 billion owed to commercial banks by the 15 largest borrowers...
...aground in Prince William Sound in late March. By last week the thick, tarry crude had spread into a slick that covered 1,600 sq. mi. of water, fouling 800 miles of shoreline in one of the world's richest wildlife areas. In the wake of the largest oil spill in U.S. history, Alaskans are in shock. Said Dennis Kelso, the state's environment commissioner: "People are going to have strong feelings about this for a long time. Every time people here go to a favorite fishing hole, they will think of the spill and they will be angry...
Core Lite Dept.: A word about The Liberal Boutique's favorite topic--Social Analysis 10. An anonymous Ec 10 section leader tells me that Prof. Martin S. Feldstein, not content to head one of Harvard's largest courses, is out to increase enrollment. "Marty thinks everyone should take it," he said...