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<text id=89TT3085>
<title>
Nov. 27, 1989: Business Notes:Fashion
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
Nov. 27, 1989 Art And Money
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
BUSINESS, Page 77
Business Notes
FASHION
Sorry for the Inconvenience
</hdr><body>
<p> The Justice Department last week dropped its investigation
of Jordache Enterprises, the giant jeansmaker, thus wrapping up
one of the rag trade's most sordid sagas. It began in 1986 when
50 IRS agents stormed Jordache's New York City headquarters,
confiscating 1 million documents and virtually paralyzing the
company's operations. Jordache officials suspected that their
archenemies at Guess, Inc. were somehow involved. Sure enough,
the raid and subsequent grand jury criminal case against
Jordache was the result of information supplied by Guess to
Ronald Saranow, a top IRS official.
</p>
<p> A House subcommittee concluded last summer that Guess used
improper influence, including a job offer, to persuade Saranow
to go after Jordache. In addition, the IRS agent who spearheaded
the raid is now the target of two federal investigations.
</p>
<p> That is small consolation to Jordache, which spent more
than $2 million on its legal defense. Said Chairman Joe Nakash:
"Nothing can erase four years of humiliation and embarrassment
caused by the greed and viciousness of others."
</p>
</body></article>
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