Word: benefitting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...should probably give ole Buddy the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he can lift Louisiana out of its economic tailspin. Maybe he can fund the schools so that half the students do not drop out. Maybe he can bring Louisiana's social legislation into the 20th century, and maybe he can do it before we enter the 21st...
...some cases telecommuting may benefit companies more than the workers. Karen Nussbaum, executive director of 9 to 5, National Association of Working Women, claims that many women telecommuters are working unreasonably long hours without overtime pay, doing computerized piecework in what she calls "electronic sweatshops." One of the most troubled telecommuting programs was set up by California-Western States Life Insurance in Sacramento. Eight women, all veteran Cal-West claims processors, sued the firm, asking for $1 million in punitive damages. Among their complaints, the women contended that Cal-West pressured them into working as much as 16 hours...
...average of $85 a month, Puerto Rico is a relative paradise. Many of the male newcomers work as mechanics or construction laborers. The women typically find jobs as housekeepers or cooks at open-air food stands, positions that Puerto Ricans tend to shun. Though the Dominican economy may benefit from such emigration, officials in Santo Domingo discourage citizens from making the perilous trip. Toward that end, they announced plans for a television commercial featuring photos of the blood-stained waters holding the bodies of those who died last week trying to make it to Puerto Rico...
Japan's automakers, which voluntarily limit exports to the U.S. to 2.3 million cars a year, are rapidly shifting production to American shores in hopes of dousing the protectionist sentiments that continue to simmer in the U.S. Congress. Many firms are finding an added benefit: it is now cheaper to build cars in Ohio than in Osaka. By the early 1990s, at least 14 Japanese plants in the U.S. could be turning out 2 million cars a year...
...trade deficit by erecting new trade barriers. To prevent that from happening, the NICs will need to open their own markets wider, buying sophisticated goods and technology from the U.S. Unfettered global competition may be unsettling, but it can boost trade in every direction, and that will ultimately benefit all the players...