Word: snapping
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APRIL 2003 Bedeviled by paparazzi who snap pictures of her eating frankfurters, bananas and cannoli, Monica declares that she is leaving the U.S. and is moving to Europe, "wherever that...
Emery is far from the only specialist who thinks European executives have been faster than Americans to snap up such opportunities. But the Americans are about to get some help in spotting the good buys. Goldman Sachs has set up a new mergers- and-acquisitions team in Singapore to be headed by Richard Gnodde, one of its top specialists. Jon Corzine, co-chairman of Goldman Sachs, adds that the firm is planning to start a "recovery fund" targeted chiefly at Asia. Goldman's Asia president, Philip Murphy, indicates a major target will be consumer goods, which many others also consider...
Losers of four of its last five games, the Harvard men's basketball team will be looking to snap its present two game losing streak as it starts Ivy-League play against Dartmouth tonight at Lavietes Pavilion...
Digital to Analog in a Snap...
...over the Internet is about to take on a whole new shape. Negotiations are still under way, but service-and-content behemoth America Online looks set to snap up Netscape in a $4 billion all-stock deal Monday. Sun Microsystems, also involved in the talks, would take over Netscape's server-end software; AOL would run the popular Netcenter portal and keep the browser itself in safe hands. Right now, AOL has an exclusive contract with Microsoft to distribute Internet Explorer to its 14 million subscribers; that agreement may expire on January 1, 1999. A deal to divide Netscape with...