Word: profitability
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...days between the time they acquire 5% of a target stock and the date when a public announcement of their intentions is necessary. It is precisely at such times, when insiders know that something is happening and outsiders are in the dark, that the potential for abuse -- and for profit -- is greatest...
During Frazier's leave of absence, the non-profit hospital's search committee did not select a permanent director. Frazier will serve as psychiatrist-in-chief until a permanent director is chosen, said McLean General Director Francis deMarneffe...
What is also astounding is the fact that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has given him nearly two years, until April 1, 1988, to withdraw from the U.S. market. Too much time and consequently too much unfair profit. And after that he is free to practice his profession in Europe, excluding London. Yet the most astounding fact is that Boesky, with tacit SEC permission, sold off $440 million of his holdings before the announcement of his censure. He traded with inside information again. This time he was his own source...
Lloyd Reuss, an executive vice president at General Motors, has a clear view of the prospect. Says he: "The good news is that North America is the only automotive market in the world where there's a good shot at a profit. The bad news is that everyone knows it." Agrees Donald Ephlin, a vice president of the United Auto Workers: "We are talking about fundamental changes in the world where we live and the market where we compete...
...Three, have been struggling with for years. Battered in the early '80s by recession and imports, GM, Ford and Chrysler were bolstered by short-term protectionist measures, chiefly the imposition of "voluntary" export restraints on the Japanese. By 1984 the Big Three had rallied to their highest profit level ever: $9.8 billion...