Word: businessman
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...Mexico. He also walked through a Houston oil refinery, where the falling price of oil is doing more harm to Texas than Santa Anna ever did at the Alamo: state tax revenues from oil could fall by $1 billion this year. After presenting a Winston Churchill Award to Dallas Businessman H. Ross Perot for his "bold imagination, pioneering spirit and dynamic leadership," Charles left for California. Despite his princely welcome, he will not be around for the high point of the yearlong, $130 million observance. That comes March 2, Texas Independence Day, more important to Texans than, well, the Fourth...
When mobile phones became popular in the early 1980s, rental-car firms embraced the new technology as a potential profitmaker. But demand for phone- equipped cars, particularly from executives, has been lower than expected. Says Avis Spokesman John Britton: "We found that if a businessman is on the road, that means he needs to see his clients in person. So what does he need a phone for?" Avis has dropped phone-equipped cars, and Hertz has trimmed its fleet from...
...after the Manila rally, the price of shares in the San Miguel Corp., a blue-chip conglomerate controlled by Marcos Ally Eduardo Cojuango, plummeted 15%. Shunning San Miguel's products, which range from beer to ice cream, may prove difficult for most Filipinos. "Ask me anything," said one Manila businessman with a weak smile. "But don't ask me to give up my San Miguel beer...
...quell any outbreak of civil disobedience. Stung by world opinion and holed up in a palace surrounded by barbed-wire barricades, Marcos may try to reassert his power. If that should happen, the only tempering influence left may be Cory Aquino. "She must steer a moderate course," said Businessman Jaime Ongpin late last week. "If she opts for violence, we will end up in anarchy...
...issue is Madrid's claim that the Marquesa left Spain in 1983 in violation of export laws. In that year the painting was sold to British Art Collector Lord Wimborne by a Mallorca businessman for an undisclosed sum. Spain says the export documents that accompanied the artwork were spurious, a charge that both Wimborne and Christie's deny. A London art dealer involved in the sale to Wimborne apparently was told that the necessary export permit was expedited by a Spanish official who owed the Marquesa's former owner a "favor." Christie's insists that the auction will take place...