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...learning, and that with practice, we could beat the test. We also knew that the fees were unreasonable, and it was unfair-the more erudite of us even used the term monopoly. But as mere high school students, our voices just weren't heard. It took another test-maker, ACT Inc. of Iowa City, to finally cry out against ETS's vice-like grip on educational testing...
Weill stands apart from an industry where oversize egos often overwhelm logic. His latest deal caps years of collecting castoff companies at fire-sale prices and then trimming costs by paying close attention to detail. He started in 1986 by taking over Commercial Credit, a reject of computer-maker Control Data. It was not the job he wanted--Weill had been given the bum's rush when he offered himself as CEO of BankAmerica--but a spruced-up Commercial Credit gave Weill a springboard. And he sprang: he merged Commercial Credit with struggling Primerica in 1988, getting the Smith Barney...
...Hemlock Society, the largest international public advocacy group lobbying for a competent, terminally ill individual's right to physician aid-in-dying. In 1990, the Supreme Court affirmed a constitutional right to refuse unwanted medical treatment, including food and fluids, and to appoint a health care surrogate decision-maker. These milestones demonstrate the concerted policy shift towards patient autonomy and patient-centered care...
...globe. Want to invest in the world's largest pharmaceutical company? It's Switzerland's Novartis, not U.S.-based Johnson & Johnson or Merck. Have a taste for the planet's biggest food company? It's Netherlands-based Unilever, not home-baked RJR Nabisco or Sara Lee. Biggest farm-equipment maker? It's Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, not Caterpillar or Deere. Metal goods? Try France's Pechiney, not Alcoa...
STOPPAGE Don't bother looking for Ex-Lax in the next couple of months. The popular laxative was temporarily pulled off shelves by its maker for reformulation. The move anticipates an FDA ban of a key ingredient linked to cancer in animals...