Word: maker
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...came as no surprise, but the announcement was a shock anyway. AM International, the 58-year-old maker of office machinery, last week filed for bankruptcy. The company, once known as Addressograph-Multigraph Corp., borrowed heavily over the past several years in a hasty attempt to modernize and expand its line of office equipment. The project proved too costly, and AM International ran up debt that last week...
...companies have survived setbacks as stunning as the one that befell Japan's Toyo Kogyo Co. Ltd., the maker of Mazda cars and trucks, in the mid-1970s. At the time, nearly half of Mazda's vehicles used the revolutionary Wankel engine, in which a rotor instead of pistons produces the power. When the world oil crisis began in 1973, the gas-guzzling Wankels became a sales disaster because they delivered a maximum of only about 15 miles to the gallon. The company seemed headed for the corporate scrap heap. Recalls one executive: "Every day felt like doomsday...
...stars in 1980. Boswell notes, illustrates the strengths of the statistic. Slash-hitter George Brett, speedster Rickey and Henderson, and sluggers Reggie Jackson and Mike Schmidt all topped the prodigious 1,000 mark: yet all are vastly different offensive animals from one another. Overrated stars like Omar "The Out Maker" Moreno (.682) and Steve "No Walks" Garvey are uncovered under the precise camera of Totals Average. Boswell gleefully gloats...
Croissant outlets range from trendy restaurants to chains of cafes like California's Croissants USA. The leading American croissant maker is Vie de France, based in Vienna, Va., a French bakery chain that is 65% owned by the Grands Moulins flour-milling firm of Paris. Vie de France opened its first outlet in Rockville, Md., in 1972. Turnover limped along at about $4 million annually until 1978, when the company started a major marketing program for croissants. Now the company sells 950,000 a week from its bakeries and from 18 retail stores in 13 cities. Vie de France...
...more than 9.9% of RCA's stock, and that the shares it now owns are for investment purposes only. At week's end Bendix acknowledged holding 7.3% of RCA shares outstanding, worth about $106 million at current prices. The Michigan auto parts, aerospace and electronic equipment maker said it would stop there for at least 30 days, and would give 48 hours' notice before buying more shares...