Word: toughers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...going to be a lot tougher game than this," Harvard Co-Captain Genie Simmons said...
...does not take a great deal of skill, however, to do so in today's - deregulated skies, where profit margins keep growing slimmer and the competition keeps getting tougher. To survive, several airlines have been seeking merger partners. Only last year, after an earlier brush with default, Eastern discussed the possibility of a merger with...
Costin remained optimistic about Friday's meet, noting that "one of the reasons for scheduling such strong competition is to challenge ourselves to swim to the best of our ability. With the exception of Brown, the teams that we are facing this weekend are tougher than any we have faced to date. I hope our intensity will be equally strong...
Nonetheless, some officials are taking measures to slow down or control the corporate wheeling and dealing. The Federal Reserve Board has been concerned about the financial impact of consolidations and is seeking to make it tougher to float junk bonds. Under a ruling likely to take effect in January, the Fed would limit the size of many junk-bond issues to 50% of the amount offered for a company. The move could cause a slowdown in takeovers and buyouts, at least until ingenious Wall Street moneymen devise new methods of raising funds...
...course, each merger or takeover or leveraged buyout must be judged on its own merits. There are good mergers, and there are bad ones. The true danger of the current rash of mergers is that it will distract corporations from the real business of business. American firms, facing ever tougher competition both at home and abroad, need to look beyond the short- term search for a merger partner or takeover target and get back to making products and services for tomorrow's customers...