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...before the offer, exploited the dissatisfactions of many on Wall Street who had long cherished the notion that Time was worth more in pieces than whole. Since the merger agreement was reached on March 3, some investors had complained that the terms provided Time shareholders with no immediate financial reward. Reason: the agreement called for a debt-free swap of 0.465 shares of Time stock for each Warner share...
...trouble with this university is if they give you a miserable and thankless job, the only reward they ever give you is a more miserable and thankless job," quips Verba...
There seems to have been, as well, an attempt to cover up the caper. The theft occurred in April, but the bereft Bunny keepers said nothing publicly until two weeks ago, when Playboy offered a Hefty $50,000 reward for the wayward videos' safe return...
...what are they doing here in Las Vegas if, as appears to be the case, they are also too conservative for the risk-to-reward ratio of the $25-a-pop blackjack table? They have come at the invitation of their favorite financial- newsletter editors, who are still trying to come back from the 1987 crash and have offered this investment seminar as a subscription-renewal bonus ("A $500 retail value! Act now! Air fare and hotel not included"). They are here because they are eager students of the market, even if temporarily absent from it, and they are determined...
...large a check should the U.S. write as a reward for reforms in Eastern Europe? Should it write one at all? The Administration's largesse is limited by its own budget deficits. More important, Bush advisers are wary of applauding reforms that may turn out to be more mirage than reality. "Poland has serious structural economic problems," observes a senior Administration official. "The money it has previously borrowed from the West has been used very poorly." Unless the Poles revamp their economic system, says the official, "it's going to be money down the drain...