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...natural trader's ability to talk on several telephones at once. It was as if he had stored up millions of kilocalories of energy during his aimless years and was now unleashing them on an unwary Wall Street. "Boesky did not really need to cheat," observes Corporate Raider T. Boone Pickens. And yet he did. His relentless drive to get an edge appears to have pushed him right over it. Boesky seemed to expect something like that might happen. "I can't predict my demise," he once said, "but I suspect it will occur abruptly...
Gamble gained more than 100 yards in a game for the 16th time in his career, equalling the school record set by Rich Erenberg, now with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He also went over 1000 yards for the season, becoming the first Red Raider in two seasons to do that...
Corporate Raider T. Boone Pickens of Texas has long argued that his takeover forays are in the best interest of small shareholders. Now Pickens has a lobbying organization to help him defend that proposition. Last week in Washington, the wily acquisitor unveiled the nonprofit United Shareholders Association. The group's first goal: a "one share, one vote" rule that would hinder corporate managers from foiling takeover proposals that come up for stockholder votes. At many firms, management-controlled ballots carry more weight than an equal number of votes controlled by those of small stockholders. Said Pickens: "Shareholders are treated like...
...companies may flinch at the sight of Corporate Raider T. Boone Pickens, but in the retailing business the marauders to watch out for are Herbert Haft, 65, and his son Robert, 33, of Washington. As the owners of Dart Group, which runs the Crown Books and Trak Auto chains, the Hafts always seem to be shopping around for a major retailer. In the past two years they have bought large blocks of stock in May Department Stores and two pharmacy chains, Jack Eckerd and Revco. In each case the Hafts' move drove up the price of the stock...
Third, don't try to sell things for more than they're worth or try to pass off shoddy merchandise. You'll quickly go out of business. Harvard charges the housing fee to all its students--even though some of its dorms are falling apart. Any Nader's Raider would say that those buildings have to be quickly repaired...