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OfficeMax on stealth mission. (corporate acquisitions)
Crain's Cleveland Business, February, 1996 by Baird, Kristen
Company's pursuit of acquisitions takes on top-secret flair Secret meeting places, unmarked airplanes and spy detection devices no longer are limited to James Bond movies. They're also part of the world of OfficeMax Inc.'s acquisition-hungry chief executive Michael Feuer. Talks with a "short list" of acquisition candidates that could give OfficeMax an edge in the competitive office supply and equipment retail business have prompted the company to become extremely security conscious, Mr.
Feuer said during an interview last week with Crain's Cleveland Business. "In the acquisition business, you have to be very careful," said Mr. Feuer, who recently had his office at the company's Shaker Heights headquarters searched for hidden listening devices. The search came up...
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