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For S&S, caught in a profit squeeze like many other U.S. publishers, grossing out readers could mean netting a big return on Ellis' advance, estimated at $300,000. Yet American Psycho could backfire on the accountants. Penguin turned down the chance to publish the paperback edition. Executive editor Nan...
To cushion themselves against a rise in sour loans as the U.S. economy slumps, many banks are increasing their capital reserves. For example, Citibank said last week it has more than quadrupled its reserve for losses on commercial loans from $59 million a year ago to $283 million. Banks are...
Post-secondary institutions are feeling both an economic and a demographic squeeze. As the stock and bond markets continue to wilt, schools can no longer expect robust returns on their endowments, so they are struggling to refurbish their capital. Meantime, the days of bulging classrooms are long gone. The 1965...
Arafat is also caught in a political squeeze. The gulf leaders refuse his calls, and he is unwelcome in their countries. In addition, the emerging Saudi-Egyptian-Syrian axis cuts him out of the locus of power. Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak feels personally betrayed by Arafat, and Syria's...
"With all due respect to Harvard, I'd rather have the Local 26 Motel Workers'," Kemp said after attempting unsuccessfully to squeeze into the crimson jacket. Bozzotto complied, giving his own jacket to Kemp.