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- <text id=90TT2913>
- <title>
- Nov. 05, 1990: Business Notes:Computers
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- Nov. 05, 1990 Reagan Memoirs
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- BUSINESS, Page 57
- Business Notes
- COMPUTERS
- Farewell to a Flagging Firm
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- <body>
- <p> The marriage seemed formidable. To create a high-tech giant
- that could challenge IBM, former Treasury Secretary W. Michael
- Blumenthal welded computer also-rans Burroughs and Sperry in
- 1986 to create Unisys Corp. But after a fast start, Unisys has
- suffered from lagging technology and sagging military spending.
- With the company in turmoil, Blumenthal, 64, retired as
- chairman last week to concentrate on his role as a partner in
- the Lazard Freres investment-banking firm. He had stepped down
- as chief executive when he joined Lazard last April.
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- <p> Blumenthal's departure came as Unisys reported a $357
- million loss for the third quarter and said it would eliminate
- 5,000 jobs, or more than 6% of its work force. The struggling
- company, which has been selling off assets to reduce its $2.6
- billion debt load, said it may show a deficit for the fourth
- quarter as well. The losses, which would give Blumenthal's
- brainchild two straight years of red ink, raise doubts about
- the company's ability to be a major contender.
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- </body>
- </article>
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