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...downturn already rivals the depressions that have struck car-and steelmakers in recent years. Some 64,000 semiconductor employees have been laid off in the past ten months, a toll that equals 19% of the industry's U.S. work force. The top five chip producers, including Intel, Motorola and Advanced Micro Devices, lost a total of $195 million in the quarter ending in September, and the red ink keeps flowing...
...best downtown areas, hire a property firm like Colliers International or Jones Lang LaSalle to manage it, then lease it to expats. (Locals, I was told, hate to rent.) "Go for a prime location in the city center," advised Wayne Zane, an analyst at Colliers. "In a downturn, it will be less affected." So, a few weeks ago, I began touring apartments in buildings with names like Baroque Palace and Sea of Clouds Garden. The target zone: three downtown districts?Xuhui, Jingan and Luwan?that all seem certain to remain prime locations no matter how the city mutates...
...American downturn would be felt by nations that have been fueling their economies by exports to the U.S. At next month's economic summit conference in Bonn, Treasury Secretary James Baker and President Reagan will make a plea to U.S. trading partners to take up any slack caused by the slowing American expansion. Last week, during a meeting of the policymaking committees of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, Baker heard foreign complaints that the U.S. must get its budget and trade deficits under control if the outlook for world economic growth is to remain favorable...
...been the heir apparent for more than two years. "Bob [Noyce] was the consummate entrepreneur," says Otellini, describing the company's founding chief. "Gordon [Moore] was the genius. Andy [Grove] was the management guru. Craig [Barrett]'s legacy was building our manufacturing facilities in the middle of a downturn." Of himself, Otellini says, "I'm the product guy." The implication: clever product design and planning can help guide Intel out of the wilderness...
...nowadays. If rates rise, it doesn't necessarily mean that people will default on their loans or be forced to sell their homes cheaply, according to the central bank chief - as long as they hold on to their jobs. But households are now more "cyclically sensitive" to a downturn. There's a risk that a rate rise could lead to a big fall in consumer spending, leading to a recession, he told the M.P.s. In the late 1980s, corporate collapses triggered a recession. It's completely new territory now that households are carrying so much debt. So, says Macfarlane, rates...