Word: spinnings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...news article in the October 9 Crimson puts an unfortunate spin on the current status of the proposed concentration on environmental studies by highlighting what is termed "administrative foot-dragging...
Tips are not uncommon in the hotel business. But few are as generous as the one Marriott shareholders received last week. In a financial maneuver that is part of a growing trend, Marriott Corp. said it would spin off its thriving hotel-management division from its debt-laden real estate operations and would award stockholders special tax-free shares in the new company. A number of firms, most recently Sears, that had caught diversification fever during the 1980s are now scrambling to sell ill-fitting or troublesome units...
...case in point was the Spin Doctors debacle last February. Treasurer Michael P. Beys '94 and his friends held a private, for-profit, off-campus party with the rock group. With Heinicke's support, Beys pushed through a resolution to lend the U.C.'s name and $20 of its money to promote the event. Personal pork barrels shouldn't be the business of the U.C. Duncan, for one, voted against the measure...
...have guessed that this would ever happen. We finally had a debate--or more like a group photo opportunity for our three front-runners for the office of President--on Sunday night in St. Louis, Mo. The Crimson was not there to cover the event, but like all good spin-doctors and media hounds, we watched it on television and took notes...
...Moody's Investors Service, a top Wall Street investment-rating agency, last week lowered the credit rating of Sears, Roebuck because of losses at its Allstate Insurance unit. The action took place just before Sears announced its decision to sell off 20% of the big insurance company in a spin-off of the retailer's financial units. Prudential Insurance, which injected $900 million in capital into its property-casualty division after it was hit with $1.2 billion in Andrew-related claims, was placed on review by both Moody's and Standard & Poor's. E. Michael Caulfield, president of Prudential Property...