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Apr 30, 1998

Safety-Kleen dust-up

Garbage-haulers square off

The old wartime tune 'You Made Me Love You' may ring in Safety- Kleen's ears. Led by founder and CEO Donald Brinckman, the Illinois-based waste recycler announced in August 1997 that it was investigating 'strategic options' to enhance shareholder value. In November, trumpeted by a media blitz, Safety-Kleen's board agreed to a merger with a consortium led by Ontario-based Philip Services Corp. But Safety-Kleen wasn't to be swept up so easily. South Carolina-based Laidlaw Environmental Services

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