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After losing $410 million in fiscal 1998, which ended Sept. 30, electronic-controls and communications conglomerate Rockwell International took the drastic step of spinning off its semiconductor business into a separate company. It is a giant, with sales of roughly $1.3 billion, or nearly a fifth of Rockwell's total 1998 volume of $6.8 billion. But Rockwell CEO Don Davis insists that the move was necessary to allow Rockwell to concentrate more on its core businesses, principally factory automation and aviation controls. (A possible result of divided attention: Rockwell in 1998 overestimated demand for new high-speed computer modems...
...took Mondavi another year to get its shelf space back, which it accomplished by wooing retailers and cutting prices. The average wholesale price for a 12-bottle case of Woodbridge dropped from $37.75 in 1998 to $36.65 this year. Partly to balance that, it raised prices on some of its more expensive wines (yes, there are still some businesses in which that is possible). Mostly because of increased Woodbridge volume after the price cuts, profits in the most recent quarter bounced up 24% over the previous year...
...that 10 years ago the FBI told them it was no longer pursuing Soliah. But California still wanted her. The recent dip in crime allowed the L.A.P.D.. to reassign officers to unsolved cases, and Lieut. Tom King, 50, whose father Mervin had led the firefight against the S.L.A., took a fresh look at Soliah's and Kilgore's. His men got a federal jury to indict her for "unlawful flight to avoid prosecution." That warrant brought the FBI back in. Last month the bureau posted a $20,000 reward and asked the syndicated TV show America's Most Wanted...
...ensure that Operation Allied Force adds some fin-de-siecle twists. For starters, it has made the once gawky Clinton Administration far more confident mixing force and diplomacy overseas. Last week a buoyed Clinton, greatly relieved that NATO jets weren't still flying attack sorties over the former Yugoslavia, took his own jet for a postwar, feel-good victory lap in Europe. Air Force One stopped first in Paris, where Clinton had a cozy bistro dinner with French President Jacques Chirac. Next it was off to Cologne for a conference of Western leaders. Clinton ended the week with a visit...
...terrorists [K.L.A.]," he bragged. And then he explained the awful tactics of destruction: "The paramilitary would go in first, the MUP would mop, and the VJ [Yugoslav army] would stand as the rear guard of the operation." There were different orders for all commands, he said as he took a pull on a cool orange Fanta. "We all worked in synchronicity. I alone killed 500 [alleged K.L.A. soldiers]." As for the killing of civilians, he added, "there are wacky members in every unit. And you just don't have the time to control them...