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...reportedly pocketed a settlement of $300 million. New York Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner aimed RICO against investment partners whom he charged with selling him their interests in a joint venture without informing him of all necessary facts. Dubious charges of racketeering are especially common in takeover attempts. When Corporate Raider Carl Icahn moved in on Dan River Inc. in 1982, the company tried to fend him off with a RICO suit. A business-world hardballer Icahn may be, but a racketeer? A federal appeals court refused to allow it. "RICO has a life of its own," says Illinois Federal Judge...
...Eddie Krayer is a very good player," said Red Raider Coach Terry Slater after his team's season came to an end at Bright Center Saturday. "I tried to get him to come to Colgate. But, unfortunately, he chose Harvard...
...Raider came in on Harvard's back-up goalie John Devin and slashed him trying to get at the puck...
Relatively calm, that is, compared to the bloodbath that ensued the following evening, as 2650 viewers were privy to a Red Raider clinic on dirty play that Crimson Coach Bill Cleary termed a "bizarre scene...
Many other bills are piling up fast for the oil companies. Last week Unocal posted a loss of $134.7 million for the fourth quarter of 1985. The company was hurt last year by the cost of fighting off Corporate Raider T. Boone Pickens and by its money-losing oil-shale plant in Colorado. While several big oil companies, including Exxon, Chevron and Mobil, showed earnings gains in the past quarter, most petroleum experts see a lean future. Says Constantine Fliakos, who follows the industry for Merrill Lynch: "The last good news in the oil patch was the fourth-quarter results...