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Dates: during 1980-1989
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GM was a latecomer to the Saab wooing game, which began when Ford started courting the company earlier this year. After the collapse of those negotiations, auto-industry analysts expected Italy's Fiat to be the winning suitor. For Saab-Scania, which lost $123 million on its car-making operations...
Amid the gravest labor shortage to afflict Japan in 15 years, the Diet has taken a step that could deepen the dearth. In a vote that critics attacked as a sign of Japanese insularity, legislators approved a crackdown on companies that employ any of the more than 100,000 unskilled...
Supporters of the law argue that Japan cannot provide basic services such as education and medical care to the unskilled immigrants, who are concentrated in low-paying construction and manufacturing jobs that Japanese often shun. But opponents charge that the crackdown will "push Asian laborers into even more inferior working...
Harvard tested its product appeal during its 350th anniversary in 1986, and has looked closely at trademark possibilities in Japan. The take from anniversary merchandise was about $50,000, and for the past three years items led by a Harvard University line of menswear have generated $130,000 annually in...
The souped-up Chevy Lumina circles the track at North Carolina's Charlotte Motor Speedway. At the wheel is Tom Cruise, daredevil superstar. The hazel eyes that laser out of his handsome face focus on the thrill of speed and risk. Nor is this challenge confined to a roadway's...