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European steelmakers started swallowing each other soon after Europe began unifying. Both Usinor and Arbed were in the running to acquire Belgian steelmaker Cockerill Sambre when the Belgian government sold most of its stake in 1998. Arbed instead bought 35% of Aceralia, leaving Usinor and Germany's Thyssen-Krupp in...
The surprise announcement by both men continues a trend of university presidents stepping aside after large fundraising drives.
Libya has pulled off something of a diplomatic coup. Catching more powerful rivals like Nigeria and Egypt by surprise, Colonel Muammar Ghaddafi's regime has quickly marshaled many of the nations of the continent behind a plan to establish an African Union. The proposed political and economic bloc, which is...
But imagine my surprise in seeing the article include Henry A. Kissinger '50 as the one who helped President Lyndon B. Johnson "bring the boys home," as it was so jocularly put. Kissinger did not help Johnson bring the boys home, but rather did his best to see that Johnson...
Anybody else think Napster just might have a March surprise planned? The site has already announced plans to transform itself into a pay-for-play service in July. Yet in the months since it scored a big cash investment from erstwhile litigant BMG (courtesy of parent Bertelsmann) it's been...