In 1984 the other consortium members were bought out by Phillips.

All told, consortium members hope to invest more than $10 billion over the next dozen years.

The salaries for the jobs that consortium members have available range from $20,000 to close to $40,000 if all benefits are included.

The deal has been tightly held and consortium members do not seem aware of its details.

City University, a consortium member, invited the biology center to plant itself there.

Each Consortium member was entitled to a fixed percentage of loads.

It does not even have the $5 million it needs to pay its share for this financial quarter, some consortium members said.

The consortium members also agreed that in the next phase those percentages would be reversed.

Indeed, its first investment was a relatively conservative one, considering the resources at the disposal of some consortium members.

Some consortium members further defrayed costs by contributing services toward the center rather than cash.