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Frequently an acquisition-minded com pany now turns to one of a growing but still little-known band of middlemen...
...these brokers; the number of mergers is rising, last year jumped to a record 1,797. The brokers - who thought up the largest share of these combinations - have a broad, objective view of the entire economy that enables them to make imaginative matches of companies in disparate industries. The middlemen may be blue-chip commercial bankers or account ants, such as Morgan Guaranty and Price Waterhouse, or management consultants or even public-relations...
...government, which blames middlemen and profiteers for India's severe food shortage and disastrously mounting prices, gave strong backing to the consumer boycott. But the problems are, in part, of the government's own making, for it has done little or nothing to rationalize India's largely state-controlled economy, or to provide incentives and modern methods for Indian agriculture...
...store had been hit. This time, though, the take was more than $2,000,000. That made the Monte Carlo jewel robbery the biggest ever pulled off in Europe. But the thieves would probably clear no more than $300,000 after breaking up the gems and paying commissions to middlemen. In Europe as elsewhere, good fences rarely make good neighbors...
...version of The Connection inevitably lacks the incredible, searing emotional impact of the play. In the movie, the two cameramen play a central role. Everything is seen through their eyes and lenses and it is only through them that the junkies can speak to their anonymous audience. Middlemen sap the film's power...