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...sure, has sent mixed signals in the past. After first ordering that paramilitary groups be disbanded, she commissioned a study on how to integrate the forces into the army. Then, last week, Manila Mayor Mel Lopez announced that paramilitary units would be used to counter the recent spate of N.P.A. attacks in the capital. The move pleased the military, which is convinced that peace can be won only with the help of such groups. Some Aquino-appointed government officials, however, complain that the private armies often shoot first and ask questions later. It is a measure of the challenge facing...
Even as Trump and his fellow moguls were sorting out the final details of their deals, legislators in Washington were fuming about the latest spate of mergers. Some believe the Justice Department has acted irresponsibly in failing to challenge so many takeovers. While the volume of mergers has more than doubled since 1980, the number of federal court challenges to proposed transactions has declined by more than a third. Complained Democratic Senator Howard Metzenbaum of Ohio during hearings held last week by a Senate subcommittee: "Merger mania is rampant in this country today because the Reagan Administration has turned...
Defense of the Realm follows Nick Mullen (Gabriel Byrne), an ambitious young reporter on a story that could make his career. A series of anonymous tips leads Mullen into a spate of stories linking Dennis Markham (Ian Bannen), a prominent Labor Party member of Parliament, to a communist spy ring. The stories--racy Fleet Street stuff filled with call girls and foreign agents--first destroy Markham's marriage, then his career as he is forced to resign his office...
...management shake-up comes at a particularly difficult time for Thompson. Like all other agencies, it has recently been buffeted by a spate of mergers that has intensified competition in an already brutal business. But Thompson faces special problems. While the agency is admired for its creative flair, Thompson's pretax profit margins are estimated to be only about half the industry average. One likely reason for the poor performance: Thompson has been slow to cut costs and lay off workers...
There have been a spate of conflicting reports about Waite...