Word: merger
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...plan to fold the East Asian Studies (EAS) concentration into the East Asian Languages and Civilizations (EALC) Department will face its final hurdles next week at a Faculty meeting, and professors in each field yesterday predicted swift approval for the long-awaited merger...
Vogel said current concentrators will finish their degree requirements in their present programs. Rising sophomores, who were informed of the merger during concentration meetings this spring, will be the first group of students in the combined program, he said...
Faculty members said the merger is the result of a natural convergence by the two programs, which now cover much of the same material in different ways...
...merger was proposed for "convenience for the students as much as anything else," Hanan said. "You can't expect people to know what they are going to specialize in so early in their sophomore year...
...retail match made in heaven suddenly crashed to earth last week. Ames Department Stores (fiscal 1989 sales: $3.4 billion) declared bankruptcy under Chapter 11 as the result of lingering complications from its 1988 acquisition of the Zayre chain. Before the merger, the Connecticut-based Ames had been a thriving retailer renowned for its management acuity. When the company bought the 392-store Zayre chain for $800 million, Ames closed many unsuccessful outlets and introduced more national brands. But Zayre's patrons, who were used to periodic deep markdowns, disliked the new Ames policy of everyday low prices. Customer loyalty...