Word: sprint
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...fraud charges, the churning stock market. The business world has become obsessed with corporate nuptials. Merger mania is back, executives are cashing out and, if history is any guide, investors should be running for cover. A couple of months ago, Kmart and Sears got engaged. Then Nextel and Sprint announced their $35 billion wedding. Johnson & Johnson is buying Guidant, a maker of medical devices, for $24 billion. Two of the splashiest deals came last week: SBC, the Baby Bell based in San Antonio, Texas, looked poised to swallow its former parent, AT&T, in a deal that could...
Additionally, freshman Chidimma Kalu showed some promise as a rookie for the sprinting side of the Harvard team, winning the 200-meter dash in a time of 25.13 and then taking second in the 60 meter sprint...
...find a better line than that, he may end up in the doghouse. Holiday Hookups A rash of late-year megamergers struck the U.S., including health-care firm Johnson & Johnson's $25.4 billion takeover of Guidant; the long-awaited $10.3 billion Oracle-PeopleSoft marriage; phone provider Sprint's $35 billion merger with Nextel; and the uniting of software companies Symantec and Veritas in an all-stock deal worth around $12.5 billion...
...sprinting events, the Crimson took 15 points, winning both the 200-meter and 500-meter races. In the former, freshman William McMullen took home the victory in a time of 22.94 seconds, while junior John Ford won the longer sprint in a time...
...building coverage is always a challenge because construction material impacts the signal’s ability to penetrate the building,” said Mark J. Elliott, a spokesman for Sprint...