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...status as a publicly-traded company that paid out dividends to shareholders. Whenever an accident took place, critics charged that the company cared more about profits than safety. Following a public outcry, Railtrack was placed in administration in October 2001 with debts of €5 billion. Says Andrew Murray, spokesman for train drivers' union a.s.l.e.f.: "Privatization has been an utter disaster for the railroad industry." Polls show most Britons agree, with a majority calling for the railroad to be renationalized. Last week, Railtrack's successor, Network Rail, disclosed that it is looking for a further 2,000 job cuts...
...London Sunday Times rich list, making her $50 million wealthier than the Queen of England. Her personal life has picked up too. She has bought multimillion-dollar houses in London, Edinburgh and the Scottish hills near Perth. And at the end of 2001, Rowling, 37, married Neil Murray, 31, a steady, brainy anesthetist she had met through a mutual friend. Last March they had a son David, who joins Jessica, 11, the daughter from her brief first marriage. Rowling has admitted that--no surprise--Harry is her favorite boy's name, but she wisely avoided saddling her son with that...
...increased competition is always good for consumers, says Chris Murray, legislative counsel for the Consumers Union: "It makes the market more efficient and leads to better services and better prices." Today cell-phone customers often stick with an unsatisfactory service to avoid not just the costs and inconvenience of changing their number but also the expense of buying a new handset and canceling their existing contract...
...some spam gets through--as some inevitably will--you can always go back to filtering it the old-fashioned way: by hitting the delete key. --By Maryanne Murray Buechner...
With the Ivy League full of young pitching standouts, the Crimson could not match its offensive performance of a year ago, but two Rachels still had stellar seasons. Freshman third baseman Rachel Murray, who finished third on the team with a .297 batting average, earned second-team All-Ivy honors. Junior shortstop Rachel Goldberg, who led the team in home runs, earned the team’s most outstanding defensive player award and was an All-Ivy honorable mention selection...