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...rout was begun, quite unintentionally, by William E. Conway, president of Nashua Corp., of Nashua, N.H. Nashua and Savin both distribute plain-paper copying machines made by Ricoh Co. of Japan-Savin in the U.S., Nashua everywhere else except in the Far East, where Ricoh has its own sales force. Meeting with security analysts in Boston, Conway remarked that Ricoh might some day decide to set up its own sales system in the U.S. and other overseas markets...
That comment should not have surprised anyone. Both Savin and Nashua have carefully warned their shareholders for more than a year that Ricoh might eventually sever the relationship, and Conway said nothing to indicate that a break might be imminent. Nonetheless, when an article about Conway's talk appeared in the Wall Street Journal, a heavy sell-off started in both Savin and Nashua stocks (Nashua, a more diversified company, at worst fell from...
That stemmed the tide-but only briefly. Then, after Nashua and Ricoh officials held a meeting, Nashua announced that it did not expect an interruption in the shipments of the Japanese machines. Some traders interpreted this as a sign that there were uncertainties about deliveries-else why would there have been a meeting?-and still more selling hit Nashua and Savin...
...Tokyo, Ricoh remained officially silent. But industry insiders say it is only a matter of time until the Japanese company sets up its own sales outlets in the U.S. By then, however, Savin and Nashua may well be making their own machines-in competition with Ricoh...
...Defense Department had threatened to close. He announced to hard-pressed New England fishermen that he would fight to extend the territorial limit from twelve miles to 200 miles. He appointed New Hampshire's attorney general, Warren Rudman, chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Rudman comes from Nashua, a city crucial to Ford's victory...