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...Many businessmen have never been trained in cultural analysis or even long-term planning, both of which Darman said are essential for existence in the current international market...
...leaders, the President won over her audience by saying that her government considered Japan its model and inspiration for economic development. To increase exports, Aquino spent time touting the virtues of Philippine garments, food products and electronic parts. As part of her campaign for more investment, she promised Japanese businessmen that her government would keep taxes low and let them repatriate profits. Aquino's pitches for increased Japanese aid met with some success. By the time she left Tokyo, she had obtained a $250 million loan for a coal-fired power station, part of a grant-and-aid package that...
...California businessmen and house-bound pregnant Boston women have signed up, said David E. Ellen '86-'87, who will teach the course in the spring...
...some minds the linkage began very early. In July 1985, Israeli businessmen who had been in contact with Iranian officials told Shimon Peres, then Israel's Prime Minister, that they thought a swap of arms for U.S. hostages could be arranged. Peres presumably communicated that information promptly to Ronald Reagan. The story in Jerusalem is that the White House designated Poindexter to look into the idea, and he named North as liaison with Israel. In any case, the Israeli businessmen were authorized by Peres to resume contacts and strike a deal with the Iranians. The executives turned to Adnan Khashoggi...
...sometimes protested the Israeli sales, sometimes grudgingly winked at them. In the latest round, it did much more than wink: some of the arms and parts were bought by private Israeli businessmen and then forwarded to Iran, which wound up paying the bill. The delivery of such items had been blocked by the Carter Administration, however, after the Khomeini-led revolution toppled the Shah and acquiesced in the seizure of the U.S. embassy by Iranian militants in 1979. The Reagan Administration, in line with its outspoken neutrality in the gulf war, has a long-standing and strongly advocated policy against...