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TO FOCUS IS TO SUCCEED Through the spin-off of the Henley Group this past spring, said Gene Barron, manager of corporate finance at Allied Signal Corp, his company succeeded in divesting all its unwanted businesses "in one fell swoop" .Allied Signal retained a 30% interest in the group -- a hodgepodge of 35 different businesses -- whiel shareholders received the remaining 70% of the new company in the form of one Henley share for every four Allied shares. By thus removing all the businesses from its balance sheet at once rather than shopping each individually, noted Barron, Allied Signal achieved the same result with less time and effort while bringing additional value to shareholders.

SPACE RACE FOR ALBERT FRERE

TIME FOR LA RECONQUISTA

A BRIDGE TOO FAR FOR CLEARING-HOUSE RIVALS

JAPAN PREPARES FOR A TAKEOVER SPLURGE Contrary to received wisdom, mergers and acquisitions have long been a feature of the Japanese business scene. The local business landscape is littered with the debris of takeover coups -- some successful, others not -- by predatory Japanese companies. Predictably, no foreign company has so far succeeded in taking over a listed Japanese corporation. The recent bid by the Trafalgar Holdings and Glen International consortium to acquire Minebea -- an aggressive Japanese ball bearing and electronics manufacturer -- illustrates graphically some of the barriers which must be overcome to succeed in such a venture.

Beware the dirty diggers | Canada grapples on the border | En France on va tout privatiser | Japan prepares for a takeover splurge | Leveraged funding | The city spins with merger mania | The thriving LBO | To focus is to succeed | U.S. megamergers on the wane

FOREIGN BANKS AND SECURITIES HOUSES IN SPAIN

LEADING THRIFTS THROUGH CHALLENGING TIMES

WA MEANS HARMONY -- OR DOES IT?

At first glance, it looks as if the US League of Savings Institutions is trying to make life more difficult for its members. The League is calling on regulators to crack down on the savings and loan industry which it represents, an unusual stand for any trade association.

CALIFORNIA LEADS THE WAY

EXIT THROUGH THE MANDELBAUM GATE