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...effort to attract customers, news services are making more effective use of the various mediums of communication, coupling TV shows with books, magazines, and movies: witness Time's collaboration with CNN, the ever-growing mention of the Internet on TV shows or the recent AT&T/TCI merger. "The idea," a New York Times editorial asserts, "has always been that various divisions of Viacom or AT&T/TCI or News Corporation would work together to promote one another's product...
...Radcliffe demands a future that is too"grandiose," the resulting financial supportnecessary from Harvard would seem too draining andjeopardize a merger deal...
...Wilson can return to Cambridge in Novemberwith an iota of a mandate, she and Sheerr can feelmore confident at the negotiating table later thisfall. They will at least be able to say they askedfor alumnae opinion, even if there is some vocalopposition to a major merger...
Corporate chieftains may think bigger is better, but workers aren't reaping many benefits. Instead, more employees are getting the ax because of the record number of billion-dollar mergers, according to a new report. In the past four months 13% of layoffs were merger related, and cost cutting hasn't even begun at giant proposed combinations like SBC and Ameritech. So it may be time to dust off that resume...
...because the issues surrounding a merger are complex, with each side having serious concerns, negotiations may ultimately take time...