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...maybe nothing. London Weekend Television Ltd., which ordered 13 Carson shows, and has since signed up for 13 more, is flying directly against heavy weather from both viewers and reviewers. Michael Grade, director of programs for L.W.T., says he chose to start running the Tonight show eleven weeks ago because "American TV is extremely popular. The critics ask us why we put on so much American rubbish, but what they hate the public loves...
...world in search of old-fashioned romance has closely followed this year's fairy-tale stories about Britain's Prince Charles and the Princess of Wales. Selling British romance has also proved a fine business for Laura Ashley Ltd., which has turned a blend of Victorian ruffles and patterns into a nearly $100 million-a-year women's wear and home-furnishings company. The firm's line of frilly blouses, pastel flowered bedspreads and quilted tea cozies now sells from San Francisco to Singapore and from Milan to Melbourne...
Since the mid-'70s, Laura Ashley Ltd. has ridden the Victorian revival and the renewed appreciation of delicate, curving and ornamental patterns in place of austere and mechanical design. The number of the firm's shops has increased from 55 to 100 since 1978, while sales have gone from $34.8 million to almost $100 million. The company's fastest-growing market at present is the U.S., where annual sales this year will almost double to $13 million. After opening new shops last month in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Cleveland and outside Chicago, Laura Ashley now has 15 stores...
...names still strike a nostalgic chord in the hearts of automotive enthusiasts: the MG and Triumph sports cars, the four-wheel drive Land Rover and the sleek Jaguar. But these days BL Ltd. (formerly British Leyland), Britain's one remaining large-scale auto producer, is only a pale shadow of its former self. MG production ceased a year ago, and the last Triumph was built in October. And now, the very existence of BL is in doubt...
...another company. Such a step would make the merger target bigger and thus tougher to take over. Just before the Mobil bid, Marathon announced a tentative deal to purchase the U.S. subsidiary of Husky Oil Ltd., Canada's 14th largest petroleum company...