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Luck & Layoffs. Vickers is fond of saying that "success is 921% luck -and the rest is hard work." He worked hard to bring about a merger nine years ago between his Sperry Corp. and Remington Rand Corp., but the marriage has had uneven luck. Remington Rand attracted him because it...
30% Drop. On the plus side, Sperry has made remarkable gains in its earnings by improving the servicing of its products and increasing business overseas. Vickers says that the company is now making money everywhere except in the brutally competitive typewriter and computer fields-but that Univac will be in...
Every week for the past year, more than 1,100 couples in five U.S. cities have selected a seven-day supply of food from a carefully drawn list and then sent their orders to Washington. Processed by a computer, the orders go back to shipping offices in the five cities...
The computer's coldly calculated answers promise to help cut through the growing confusion about fats and the heart. Today, almost every time some authority sounds off on the subject, the effect is to multiply the contradictions. Last week the American Heart Association suggested that although the proof is...
No idea is too small. A Liberty Mutual office worker suggested that the company install a second mirror in the ladies' room. "It turned out to be a great timesaver," says an executive of the company, which paid her $15. Most ideas are more technical, and many are more...