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...that end, guitarist Nicolas Bragg buffs up Destroyer’s sound with his axe heroics; drummer Scott Morgan keeps good time and occasionally funks things up with well-placed saxophone solos; bassist Tim Loewen gives each track the perfect amount of “bottom;” and keyboardist Tim Loewen plays off of Bejar’s lead guitar to craft each song’s melody...
...portrayed in Erik Larson's report. We offer the highest-quality services to consumers at a range of competitive prices. We are recognized for our leadership in consumerism. We are dedicated to achieving market-share gains with the integrity and compassion our profession demands. A hostile takeover of the Loewen Group by Service Corp. International would be harmful to consumers and the industry. In our view SCI is attempting to eliminate its most formidable competitor in North America. RAYMOND L. LOEWEN Chairman and CEO Loewen Group Inc. Burnaby, British Columbia...
...intimidated into selling my funeral home to Ray Loewen, despite the account that appeared in your article. Loewen was one of four potential purchasers my sons and I considered, and he became our first choice, a decision we have never regretted. The account of Loewen's threatening to build a competitive funeral home misrepresents the events that occurred and the positive atmosphere of the transaction. JOHN WRIGHT, President Wright & Ferguson Jackson, Mississippi...
...State Department says the Methanex claim "does not remotely resemble the type of grievance" envisioned under NAFTA. But the Canadian firm is only one of more than a dozen multinationals that have taken advantage of the treaty's broad provisions. The LOEWEN GROUP, a Canadian funeral conglomerate, wants the U.S. government to pay $725 million in damages because a Mississippi jury harbored what Loewen claims were "anti-Canadian, racial and class biases" when it found the company guilty of contract fraud. METALCLAD, a California firm that was prevented from opening a toxic-waste plant in Mexico, won $15.6 million from...
FLATLINERS In investing, you can't even count on death. With age-adjusted death rates slipping in the past few years, the stocks of funeral homes and cemeteries are looking terminal. Death-care stocks like Service Corp. International and the struggling Loewen Group boomed through the mid-'90s as the industry consolidated and the population aged--seemingly offering a guaranteed market. But debt soared with acquisition costs just as the number of funerals was falling, a tragic combination...