Word: targets
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...control. "I saw quite a bit of panic selling," said Muriel Siebert, who heads a discount brokerage that bears her name. UAL shares fell 5 1/2 points before trading in its stock was halted because the number of sellers overwhelmed buyers. Delta Air Lines, a frequently rumored takeover target, dropped...
...market share in the U.S. by acquiring respected independent firms, which are becoming a rare breed. In August the company paid $300 million to purchase Britain's Island Records, a pioneer in reggae and progressive rock. Last week Polygram said it reached an agreement to swallow an even bigger target: A&M Records, the label founded by Tijuana Brassist Herb Alpert and promoter Jerry Moss. The price, which was not disclosed, was estimated at as much as $500 million...
...Cubans are coming! The Cubans are coming! That is the battle cry these days of angry Mexican Americans in the Los Angeles area. The target of their wrath: local TV station KVEA, an affiliate of Telemundo, the Spanish-language television network that hit the airwaves two years ago. Although West Coast Chicanos were at first delighted to tune into broadcasts in their own language, some gradually became alarmed at what they call the "Cubanization" of KVEA, which picks up much of its programming from Telemundo's operations center near Miami. "The programming does not reflect the linguistic, cultural and ethnic...
There's no reason why video chains like Blockbuster or Videosmith couldn't be a target. It won't be long before an FBI agent nonchalantly waltzes in to rent a couple of dirty movies and waltzes in a few days later with orders to seize not just that store, but every one in the chain. That kind of multi-million dollar ante doesn't exactly encourage store managers to vigorously assert their free speech rights by testing what does and doesn't violate community standards...
...feel they have been slighted by the so-called "pro-life" movement's efforts. The town of Brookline, Mass--branded as unpatriotically liberal during the last presidential campaign--is invoking the wrath of RICO against Operation Rescue. Brookline is home to several abortion clinics and has therefore been the target of repeated protests. The town wants money for police overtime and injuries incurred by officers in the line of duty...