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Bryant is one of about 50 students who give time through PBH to tutor prisoners. Twenty-four go to the Massachusetts Correctional Institute (MCI) at Deer Island, while another 30 go to three other medium- to maximum-security prisons and one halfway house. Most spend about an hour and a half each week tutoring...

Author: By Laura S. Kohl, | Title: It's an Education for Everyone Concerned | 1/15/1986 | See Source »

Many oil-industry officials were stunned by the decision and could see little hope for Texaco, but others felt that another court will still force a compromise or lower the settlement. In 1980 AT&T was initially ordered to pay its long-distance rival MCI $1.8 billion for thwarting competition in the telephone business. The amount was later reduced to $113.4 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Texaco Star Strikes Out in Houston | 12/23/1985 | See Source »

...partnership will bring immediate benefits to both companies. IBM stands to gain experience in telecommunications and get rid of the troubled SBS. For | MCI, a transfer of IBM's long-distance business could bring as much as $100 million a year in revenue. In addition, MCI will immediately gain more than 200,000 customers from SBS, representing about $35 million in monthly revenues and 1% of the long-distance market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Star Wars of a Different Kind | 7/15/1985 | See Source »

...sense, the IBM move represents a sweet revenge for MCI against its telephone rival. In May a federal jury awarded MCI just $37.8 million in its decade-old suit against AT&T. MCI had asked for nearly $6 billion in damages, accusing the telephone giant of unfair marketing practices. Said MCI Chairman William G. McGowan last week: "We were looking for a major investor. The best of all worlds is one with a name like IBM and a lot of money. We got both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Star Wars of a Different Kind | 7/15/1985 | See Source »

...with any clash of empires, the battle of the giants in telecommunications is going to make it difficult for anyone smaller to survive. GTE (1984 sales: $14.5 billion), for example, is having troubles with Sprint, its long-distance telephone service. MCI may have found the secret for survival by hitching its wagon to IBM's star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Star Wars of a Different Kind | 7/15/1985 | See Source »

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