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...Compaq shares and how the market values them--a key measure of merger confidence, called the arbitrage spread--has narrowed from a toxic $4.35 in November to $1.70. In another tacit sign of support, the company's top five shareholders have been quietly adding to their stake...
...general strike call and a bomb blast that injured one man in the capital, Kathmandu. "This is now a serious threat to the existence of the state," says Prakash C. Lohani, a former Foreign Minister. "It is clear that the survival of the ruling class itself is at stake...
...foreign broadcasters?Phoenix, STAR, or Sun TV, a network run by Hong Kong-based ATV?for a mainland move, there is little evidence that any of them are biting. PCCW, the Hong Kong telecommunications and new media company owned by Li's son Richard, holds a 4.5% stake in Tom.com, and there is always the possibility that the two could merge. After all, it was Richard (with lots of help from his father) who formed STAR in 1990 and sold it five years later to News Corp. for $950 million. But PCCW's chief foray into video programming, Network...
...tennis star of the Bill Tilden era. But who knew whether Astaire had biceps? Was there even a body inside those elegant clothes? If there was, it Astaire seemed relaxed; Kelly?s body was tense, like an Olympic skater planning the big jump and knowing how much was at stake, how much to be lost. Astaire, who never appeared to entertain the possibility that he could lose, had a magnificent diffidence, polar opposite to the neediness Kelly suggested. Gene?s trademark - the outstretched arms, grasping for a connection with the little people out there in the dark - hinted...
While Penn battled Yale in Philadelphia with first place in the Ivies at stake, the Harvard men’s basketball team was fighting for sole possession of fourth place, if that can even be considered something you fight...