10458. LEVERAGED BUYOUTS (LBOS). Examines the LBO boom of the 1980s; its extent; how LBOs are consummated; their rationale; the dangers of debt. Addresses the issues of whether the prices paid were realistic and how the firms that were bought carried their debt. Focuses on the LBOs of Federated Dep't. Stores and Beatrice, especially the RJR Nabisco LBO. Discusses how some firms managed to free themselves from their debt loads & some did not. 15 pages, 56 footnotes, 30 bibliographic sources.