Word: retained
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Daiei's owners, who face an early-September deadline for settling on a restructuring plan with the company's three lenders, are fighting to retain control by vigorously opposing both the IRCJ's and Wal-Mart's intervention. But with blood in the water, Japanese retailers Ito-Yokado and Aeon have expressed an interest in Daiei, too, leading analysts to predict that there could also be a takeover battle brewing in the retailing sector...
...generation of fathers before mine didn't do everything they could for their children," he says. "I wanted to take responsibility for bringing a child into this world and be dedicated to raising him." Yet when he and Austin's mom Dawn Williams split up, Williams fought to retain sole custody. "It was incredibly frustrating," Ayers explains. "She knew it was important for our son to have a father in his life but couldn't emotionally deal with...
...Watai acknowledges that Fischer is an extreme personality with controversial views, but she asks for special consideration, saying he should be seen as "a special genius who really needs support in order to retain the happiness that he has found." She says she has known him for more than 30 years and, after a long correspondence and several visits, settled down with him in 2000. Their life together has been quiet, she tells Time: they listen to 1950s crooner Jackie Wilson, discuss chess techniques, and eat in most nights. "Our life is ordinary," she says, adding that Fischer is well...
...that wanted to move its advertising clients inside the creative process by producing and underwriting the costs of a new show. It seemed a match made in media heaven. But there were concerns: What if ABC wanted to cancel the show? And how much commercial airtime could the network retain to sell to other advertisers during the program? Network executives also worried that audiences would be turned off if the show seemed to be too commercial. But Mark Pedowitz, executive vice president of ABC Entertainment Television Group, saw a chance to help revive his troubled network. "You never know where...
...their earnings, the middlemen are rushing to consolidate. Last month, Britain's iTouch bought Jippii for €12 million; in June, the Mountain View, California-based security company VeriSign Inc. bought Jamba! for $273 million. If the merging middlemen can gain some market clout, they might be able to retain their early advantage. But if real-tone songs catch on, firms like Jippii and Jamba! could well find themselves out of business. Either way, ring-tone companies will have to change their tune fast. Otherwise, the industry that Paananen helped launch may be in for a hangover...