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Researchers reported the conclusive proof of deprenyl's effect on Parkinson's in last week's New England Journal of Medicine. In a study at 28 U.S. and Canadian medical centers involving 800 patients, investigators found that those given deprenyl took significantly more time to reach the point where they needed levodopa than did those not receiving the drug. Based on the results, the researchers project that patients on deprenyl can wait twice as long -- about a year -- before taking levodopa...
...country's first presidential election in 29 years, Brazil's 82 million voters last week behaved as forecast. They withheld an absolute majority from any of the 21 contenders, opening the way to a second round of voting on Dec. 17 to choose between the two front runners...
...buzz word for the 1990s, especially in the entertainment business these days, is global. Paramount Communications last week announced that it had taken a major step in that direction by purchasing a 49% stake in the British firm Zenith, Europe's leading independent television programmer. A subsidiary of Carlton Communications, Zenith last year produced such dramas as The Paradise Club and Inspector Morse in Britain, as well as the romantic comedy Finnegan Begin Again...
...Justice Department last week dropped its investigation of Jordache Enterprises, the giant jeansmaker, thus wrapping up one of the rag trade's most sordid sagas. It began in 1986 when 50 IRS agents stormed Jordache's New York City headquarters, confiscating 1 million documents and virtually paralyzing the company's operations. Jordache officials suspected that their archenemies at Guess, Inc. were somehow involved. Sure enough, the raid and subsequent grand jury criminal case against Jordache was the result of information supplied by Guess to Ronald Saranow, a top IRS official...
...House subcommittee concluded last summer that Guess used improper influence, including a job offer, to persuade Saranow to go after Jordache. In addition, the IRS agent who spearheaded the raid is now the target of two federal investigations...