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...known as Chainsaw Al pulled a fast one last week, buying three companies when everyone assumed he would be selling his own. In the process, the CEO of Sunbeam Corp., the small-appliance maker, carved a kindlier image for himself: Al Dunlap, builder. No, the Chainsaw did not have an attack of conscience. Dunlap, who seemed primed for an exit, decided to try something different. And in keeping with his flair for drama, he spent $1.8 billion in a single day for three companies--all with striking possibilities to complement one another: Coleman Co., which makes leisure equipment; Signature Brands...
...Neill was the consummate deal maker, brokering compromises on tough issues within his own party. And O'Neill was not afraid to express his opinions, even when they split the district...
...YORK: Dell is hot. The mail-order computer maker wowed the after-hours market world Wednesday with reported earnings of 81 cents for the fourth quarter, a full four cents higher than the analyst estimate and a whopping 52 percent hike over last year...
Back in 1982, a brash newcomer called Compaq Computer sprang up to clone IBM personal computers. Last week Compaq became a virtual clone of IBM, the company. The computer maker will pay some $9 billion for Digital Equipment, a dented dynamo of a company based in Framingham, Mass., in a deal that will complete the transformation of Compaq into a global provider of everything from handheld computers to the monster machines that power corporate networks and the Internet. The buyout creates a behemoth with $37 billion in revenues that trails only the $78 billion IBM. "In the early...
...other business, the council voted to onceagain act as Harvard's match-maker by providingthe "Datamatch" service in time for Valentine'sDay, in collaboration with the Harvard ComputerSociety...