Word: stakes
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...square off against a Mercedes-Benz model that the German company will build in Vance, Alabama, and plans to sell for as much as $60,000 when production begins in 1997. Not to be outdone, BMW roared into the market in February by paying $1.2 billion for an 80% stake in Britain's Rover, whose sports-utility vehicles include the $52,000 Range Rover County and the $29,000 Discovery; both arrived in the U.S. in April. (Rover expects to introduce a more luxurious version of the County in the U.S. early next year...
...deal appears to be safe from any regulatory roadblocks. The Federal Communications Commission prohibits any company from owning more than 12 TV stations. Even though Fox will have a stake in 20, its share in the New World stations is not likely to be regarded as a controlling interest...
...came to terms with bringing up Caroline and John in the proverbial fishbowl. In her protectiveness of them can be found early signs of how vigilant and tough she could be when her family and her values were at stake. Still the camera images of the kids are unforgettable, and the President was not above promoting photo ops. One day he brought little John to the Oval Office, and the cameras caught the toddler maneuvering between his father's legs through the crawl space under the Executive desk. And the nation's children came to envy Caroline her pony...
JOAN OF ARC: Heretic, blasphemer, wearer of men's clothing; burned at the stake May 30, 1431; Rouen, France...
...vested interest in interactive services is Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, the largest personal-computer software company. Not surprisingly, Gates has dismissed the current crop of TV trials as "crummy" and "embarrassing." Says he: "There's not a single pilot that's been done that justifies the huge financial stake I and others have just intuitively decided to invest in this." Gates remains convinced that interactive TV is inevitable, however. He just wants it to appear on devices running his company's operating system, and he has 500 employees working on making that happen...