Don Tyson builds Tyson Foods into poultry powerhouse
Don Tyson, Fayetteville native and head of Tyson Foods Inc., oversees a company with over 16,000 employees and more than $1 billion in sales. The article details his family business origin, growth into a high tech poultry producer, and personal perks including a $10,000-a-year Razorback Stadium skybox, a 1,124 pound marlin, and a political streak supporting Carter and Mondale.
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Business book summaries help busy executives
New York AP reports executives seek concise briefings amid a flood of business titles. Cynthia Folino’s Executive Book Summaries offers four to six page digests of 30 books annually, priced at $3.50, with 25,000 subscribers.
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Watch for reports on trade and money measures this week
This week plans call for reports on merchandise trade and the balance of payments for the third quarter, expected Monday, plus weekly money supply data for Dec 2 and November retail sales due Thursday. Also due are producer price index and November industrial production, October and early December inventories, and auto sales.
Fed tightens rules on junk bonds in takeovers
The Federal Reserve proposes rules to curb use of junk bonds in corporate takeovers, expanding margin limits to shell companies. It would bar financing more than 50 percent of a takeover with bonds backed solely by the target firm's stock, aiming at shell entities created to acquire companies.
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