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...peppered the land with Golden Arches is in the midst of an unprecedented boom. Never have so many would-be tycoons turned to franchising, and never have they found so many would-be store owners lined up to buy a franchise. No longer limited mainly to fast-food outlets, auto dealerships and motels, the chain-store concept is spreading to an amazing array of goods and services. Consumers in a growing number of cities can get a haircut at Hair Performers, buy hearing aids at Miracle-Ear, do their laundry at Duds 'N Suds, have their homes cleaned by Maids...
...Goldstar. Earlier, Hyundai Motor Co., producer of the popular subcompact Excel, lost $24 million after it failed to ship 6,000 cars. Though the government is leaving the search for solutions to labor and management, it began to move against the violence prone, arresting two workers for destroying an auto-parts factory and three fishermen for wrecking equipment in a Pusan market. Warned Labor Minister Lee Hun Ki: "If the current disputes are further aggravated to threaten the national economy and the security of our society, the government will take tough actions...
...onetime auto mechanic who grew up in Andover, Mass., Leno began his comedy career playing strip clubs in Boston. Among his earliest gigs were a bordello in Dorchester, Mass., and a club called the Mineshaft, where audience members wore miner's hats with flashlights on top ("Performing there was like being interrogated by the police," he recalls). Leno eventually graduated to the big time, and in recent years has played a grueling 300 road dates a year, besides making frequent guest appearances with Letterman...
...traditional handshake that opens contract talks between the United Auto Workers and the big car companies has often seemed a bit forced. But when U.A.W. President Owen Bieber faced off across the bargaining table last week with Alfred Warren, the chief negotiator for General Motors, they had a powerful incentive to stay on friendly terms. Both sides know all too well that the share of the American car market captured by foreign competitors has risen from 23.5% to 28.3% since 1984. The Toyotas and Hyundais of the world would like nothing better than a U.S. auto strike when the U.A.W...
...organization to expand the fight statewide. There was a strong element of social class to the struggle: well- educated reformers rebelling against old-line Irish ethnic politics. Elected to the state legislature in 1962, Dukakis radiated disdain for backslapping and favor trading while zealously championing causes like no- fault auto insurance...