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...meeting crackled with all the tension of a scene from Barbarians at the Gate. Two months before the battle for Paramount Communications lit up Hollywood and Wall Street this fall, Paramount chairman Martin Davis summoned Barry Diller to a lunch at Paramount headquarters in New York City. The two men had rarely spoken since Davis forced out Diller as head of Paramount's film studio a decade ago. Now Davis demanded to know whether Diller's QVC shopping network was planning a takeover bid for Paramount. Diller none-too- ingenuously denied it. According to Diller, Davis then ended the meal...
Diller did come after him, topping and then topping again the friendly offers from MTV-owner Viacom that Paramount had accepted. And in a ruling that Davis had clearly dreaded, the Delaware Supreme Court last week upheld a lower-court decision that ordered Paramount's board to give serious consideration to Diller's bid of $10.1 billion, or about $85 a share at recent market prices, along with Viacom's offer of $9.5 billion, or about $79.35 a share. The ruling struck down the defenses that Paramount and Viacom had erected against competing bidders and, in effect, placed Paramount...
Staffers have said that despite the report's indications to continue public exhibitions, the suggested reductions are paramount to closing the museum...
What I wanted to emphasize in my remarks to The Crimson is that a caring relationship is paramount. Though its effectiveness may possibly be jeopardized if one is handed over too quickly to professional caretakers before a trusting is established, no one not professionally trained should try to be responsible for dealing with this problem, and as soon as possible should enlist professional help, obviously the sooner the better. When one is involved in this way the best step is to call the Mental Health Service, talk to the clinician on call and get advice as to how to proceed...
...Delaware judge blocked Paramount Communications' friendly merger with Viacom, saying that the combination was a sale, not a strategic alliance, and that Paramount must therefore give due consideration to the bid of Viacom's rival, the QVC Network...