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<text id=92TT1028>
<title>
May 11, 1992: Buiness:Et Cetera
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
May 11, 1992 L.A.:"Can We All Get Along?"
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
THE WEEK, Page 14
BUSINESS
Et Cetera
</hdr><body>
<p> A COSTLY POLICY
</p>
<p> Like a good neighbor, State Farm was there last week,
settling the most expensive sex-discrimination suit in U.S.
history. After 13 years of litigation, the nation's largest home
and auto insurer agreed to pay 814 California women $157
million for discriminatory hiring practices during the 1970s.
</p>
<p> TWO SUITORS
</p>
<p> A battle for control of Midland Bank has begun. Last week
Lloyds Bank announced that it was considering making a $6.6
billion bid for Midland, Britain's third largest bank, besting
the $5.8 billion offer made by Hong Kong-based HSBC Holdings.
If the deal goes through, the Lloyds-Midland combo, with assets
of $197 billion, will rank 18th in the world.
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</body></article>
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