Word: dollar
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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BOSTON--The Boston Celtics yesterday broke off negotiations for a multi-million dollar contract with their number-one draft choice. Indiana State star Larry Bird...
...suddenly found themselves prevented from fulfilling 30 contracts worth $2.1 billion for plants and machinery, as Peking appeared to have second thoughts about its massive Four Modernizations campaign. The cutback also hit American corporations. U.S. Steel and Bethlehem Steel, both of which were on the verge of closing multimillion dollar deals for the sale of equipment to develop iron ore mines, were told by Chinese officials that the agreements would have to be deferred until further notice. Plans for Inter-Continental and Hyatt International to build thousands of hotel rooms have given way to other priorities. On a visit...
...agreement comes at a time when the U.S. is poised for an export surge because the depreciated dollar makes American goods bargains in the world. After three years of almost no real growth, exports in 1978 jumped 18.5%, to $143.6 billion. More sales will be needed to help close the gap between imports and exports that last year totaled $28.5 billion. So now it is up to U.S. businessmen to take advantage of the lower barriers-and sell...
With acquisition in mind, a Toronto investment management company that has $380 million in cash from the sale of a Brazilian utility, found its billion dollar baby in a 5 and 100 store. The company, Brascan, Ltd., announced last week that it was offering $1.1 billion for F.W. Woolworth Co., one of the largest cash takeover bids ever...
...ENGELHARD LIBRARY is a small, unpublicized basement facility used by only a few graduate students. This quiet commemoration of a million-dollar contribution provoked a vehement student reaction which needs no recounting here. On the other hand the Kennedy School accepted a like sum from a major oil company with great fanfare. It proclaimed the ARCO Public Affairs Forum the focal point of the new building. Every speech, debate, reception or symposium has been heralded by a series of posters and newspaper notices emphasizing the capitalized ARCO name. But this has not moved students to question its propriety. The Forum...