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...been any negotiations at all between Local 26 president Domenic M. Bozzotto and Harvard chief labour negotiator Edward W. Powers. As the workers contract approaches its June 19 expiration date, the two men have spent most of their time in a posturing pas de deux of charges and outright insults...
Haragdon added that although Stanford often awards more outright grants than Harvard, they still follow the same need-based financial aid guidelines as the Ivy League schools...
...senior at Jamaica High School in New York, said she chose Stanford over Harvard because of the better financial aid package she received from the California school. Harvard offered her $3000, mostly in the form of loans, while Stanford offered her a $10,000 package, including a $6000 outright grant, Johns added...
...which Bendix Chairman William Agee first lost control of his company and later lost his job, when Allied Corp. came to Bendix's aid as a so-called white knight in the battle but then forced him out. Even before that struggle, companies had moved to make outright takeovers more difficult by setting up so-called shark repellents. Example: some companies altered their bylaws to require a two-thirds or three-quarters majority of voting shares to make changes in company policy, and some also set up "golden parachutes" to protect top executives. When Xerox was threatened last summer...
...stock. Says Joe Parella, a general partner at New York's First Boston Corp.: "Proxy battles are a cheap way to take over a company. All you do is hire a smart lawyer and run ads." That can often cost anywhere from $1 million to $10 million. Gaining outright control of large firms could run into the billions...