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Interest levels are far below the Mafia-like loan-shark rates of 20% or so that prevailed 24 months ago, but they are still very high by historical standards. Inflation, now at an annual rate of less than 4%, could be rekindled if the economy heats up too quickly. Already there are a few scant signs of that. In May, the producer price index, a harbinger of consumer prices, rose .3%, after declining slightly in April and March. Small though it was, it was the highest rise for the index so far this year...
Closing a mini-panel on the art and utility of video, video producers, RockAmerica, offered a sampling of their wares. After segments by Red Rocker and Brian Brain they unfortunately aired a piece by the Surf Punks, title "Shark Attack" Boston Rock's Music Seminar issue had reviewed this particular piece and the audience supported their verdict "It looks like it was made by the same people who make porno flicks," the hosting publication read. "And to top it off, the song is awful...
...company and later lost his job, when Allied Corp. came to Bendix's aid as a so-called white knight in the battle but then forced him out. Even before that struggle, companies had moved to make outright takeovers more difficult by setting up so-called shark repellents. Example: some companies altered their bylaws to require a two-thirds or three-quarters majority of voting shares to make changes in company policy, and some also set up "golden parachutes" to protect top executives. When Xerox was threatened last summer by a bid from GTE, it bought Crum & Forster...
...actors against the wall. Bedrooms and boardrooms alike are illuminated by lasers, neon, smoke, creepy red and blue filters. Single-source lighting throws every face and motivation into sinister relief. And under the action, jazz-rock music - a hum of bass, synthesizer and baritone sax - moves continuously, like a shark in shallow water. To be sure, Vortex engages the eye, not the gut. But for $80,000, an eyes-only feast should be enough...
...Silverman was packing up his records, he received fresh allegations from the Justice Department that Donovan had met in Miami with William Masselli and Albert ("Chink") Facchiano, a convicted loan shark and former captain in the Genovese clan, to set up no-show jobs for mobsters on Schiavone construction sites. In mid-July, Silverman reopened his investigation, determined to dig deeper into the alleged links between the Genovese family and Schiavone. In his first probe, he had questioned the elder Masselli and Buono, who is reputed to be a Genovese captain; Silverman decided to interrogate them again, and also...