Commentary

THE TAKEOVER ARTISTS OF THE 1980S

GORDON PLATT

Risk arbitrage is not a profession for the faint of heart, Moira Johnston says. She quotes the fall

REGULATING INSURANCE RATES IN NY

ALBERT J. MILLUS

With the adjournment of the New York Legislature early in July and the signature of Gov. Mario Cuomo

BRUCE BARNARD

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's crusade for "popular capitalism with its naked appeal to financia

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UNISYS, the new corporate name of the combination of Burroughs Corp. and Sperry Corp., a $10 billion

CANADA MULLS TAX REFORM

WITH A SWEEPING TAX REFORM now in place in the United States, the pressure has increased sharply for

WASHINGTON REPORT MARITIME VETO NOT TOTAL SURPRISE

WASHINGTON BUREAU

PRESIDENT REAGAN'S POCKET VETO of the maritime authorization bill may not have been a total surprise

BITING THE HAND

AN AUSTRALIAN SUGAR CANE FARMER who lost his arm after being mauled by his pet crocodile pleaded tha

MARAD REPORT INACCURATE

MARC FELICE

The U.S. Maritime Administration last month published a report, Inventory of American Intermodal Equ

LIFE WITH A KOREAN WOMAN

STANFORD ERICKSON

Driving down a country road at 70 miles an hour my wife suddenly shouts, ''Look:" I slam on the bra

KEEP THE LETTERS COMING

JAMES G. DUNAIF, a New Yorker who writes a Letter to the Editor to us a couple times a month, passed

PUTTING BRAINS TO WORK

WHEN THE SOVIETS launched the Sputnik satellite in the 1950s, they took a great American idea and be

SHIPPERS WORRY ABOUT CARRIERS, TOO

MURRAY FINKEL

Ocean containership transportation is going through some real tough times. Some blame the problem o

MILITARY DOMINATES IN R&D

DANIEL S. GREENBERG

The latest figures from Washington's official scorekeepers show that thePentagon controls nearly 75

BUT WHO'LL PEEL THE POTATOES?

ALBERT AXEBANK

Who lost, who won in the recent embassy flap in with Moscow?

The hostility persists. Western

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