Word: ownership
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...support on that front when the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the attorneys general of 13 states expressed concern to the Federal Communications Commission that a hostile takeover of Time's cable-TV operations might violate laws that give state and local governments the right to approve changes in ownership. But in one instance, a federal judge in Orlando denied a temporary injunction sought by the city of Casselberry, Fla., to block the Paramount bid on those grounds...
...federal jury in Manhattan found that Bilzerian had concealed his ownership of stock during some of his takeover bids in order to make millions of dollars in illegal profits. Bilzerian, who plans to appeal, was also convicted of misleading the Securities and Exchange Commission. Scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 16, Bilzerian faces a possible 45-year prison term and $2.25 million in fines...
...largest media company, with total revenues of $10 billion. But the sudden strike by Paramount, whose operations include one of Hollywood's top movie-and-TV studios and the giant publishing house Simon & Schuster, disrupted those plans and threatened to provoke a free-for-all in which the ownership of all three communications giants could be up for grabs...
...goods. In addition, American corporations poured into China some $3.5 billion of direct investment. Everything from gelatin capsules to computers is churned out in more than 600 joint ventures or wholly owned U.S. subsidiaries (China, Viet Nam, Poland and Hungary are the only Communist countries that permit 100% foreign ownership of businesses operating on their soil...
Paramount's hostile takeover proposal imperils the Time-Warner deal and sets the stage for a free-for-all in which the ownership of all three communications giants could be up for grabs...