Business
President-elect George Bush hasn’t laid out his agenda as yet.
Nov. 25, 1988
Barbara H.
Dec. 28, 1991
LabCorp will pay about $6.1 billion in cash and stock to buy Covance in a tie-up that aims to improve clinical trial research for pharmaceuticals.
Nov. 3, 2014
World & Nation
When Gerard Mourou, director of a big research laboratory at the University of Michigan, accepted $1 million in research funding from Japanese electronics giant Fujitsu Ltd., it seemed like a simple decision.
Nov. 6, 1994
Baxter Travenol Laboratories stepped up its campaign to merge with American Hospital Supply Corp. on Wednesday by announcing it has lined up $2.5 billion in credit, despite American’s rejection of Baxter’s overtures.
June 27, 1985
The company, trying to complete its merger with Hospital Corp. of America while fending off an unwanted takeover offer from Baxter Travenol Laboratories, said it is arranging a $3-billion line of credit.
July 11, 1985
Concern over drug abuse in the workplace has prompted many of Orange County’s major companies to implement some form of drug-testing policy.
Oct. 26, 1989
In state and federal courtrooms last week, prosecutors told stories of fallen executives treating their companies like personal fiefdoms -- raiding the treasuries, decreeing phony financials and lying to conceal the rot from investors.
Feb. 13, 2005
Olympics
Bathed in the rising Asiatic sun, the thousands of athletes from East and West, North and South competing in Seoul’s breathtaking Olympic stadium herald a new era of international competition in all fields of human endeavor.
Oct. 2, 1988
Rolling up its sleeves for a new skirmish with Corporate America, the powerful California Public Employees Retirement System has put Chrysler Corp. on notice that it doesn’t like the auto maker’s plan to sell millions of new shares.
Sept. 14, 1991