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...briefing for Congressmen last week, U.S. Attorney Henry Hudson disclosed that he is probing the awards of 75 to 100 contracts, worth "tens of billions" of dollars. That might even be an understatement. Just one of those contracts, calling for McDonnell Douglas and General Dynamics to build the advanced tactical aircraft for the Navy, could be worth at least $45 billion...
...concrete blocks and 4,600 bags of cement to a remote Eskimo village? Answer: mail them. Sam Krogstad, a construction supplier in Anchorage, is sending the individually addressed blocks (postage: $4.33 each) and bags ($4.27) about 700 miles north to Wainwright, where they will be used to build a small harbor on the Arctic Ocean. Krogstad's bill for stamps will be about $45,000, less than what other shippers would charge...
...build companies, entrepreneurs need capital. But financing remains a major problem for women, whether they are founding new businesses or trying to expand successful ventures. The majority of companies currently owned by women were started with less than $5,000. One reason: because many of the companies are service firms, their founders usually have few hard assets to pledge as collateral for loans. In 1979, when Kathleen Fay Jensen and Angela Franklin were raising money to set up the Professional Reliable Nursing Service in Modesto, Calif., they had nothing but a 1936 Pontiac and a silver tea set for collateral...
...housing for the homeless. Others clamor for a tax cut. Many Washington watchers fear that the Government will simply fritter away the reserve, leaving nothing to the future. Says Geoffrey Carliner, executive director of the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Mass.: "As politicians see the trust fund build up, the temptation to spend it on today's recipients or to reduce payroll taxes will only grow...
Troublesome as they may be, the Armenian protests -- and Moscow's restraint in dealing with them -- are part of what makes the Soviet Union look less formidable these days. A truly evil empire would have put down the protests with tanks, troops and mass arrests. Shared problems build trust...