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...circuit TV from GM headquarters in Detroit, this year's 45-minute broadcast reached 395,000 employees who stopped work and put down their tools in 130 factories across the U.S. But the message from chairman Robert Stempel was like no other in the 83-year history of the giant corporation...
There is no holiday cheer between American Express and Laura Ashley, the clothing chain. Last week the charge-card giant ceased doing business with the retailer, accusing Laura Ashley of persuading customers to use other cards. As a result, the 520 Ashley stores around the world have had to stop accepting Amex charges. Ashley had been trying for some time to bargain down the fees it pays for purchases on the card. The bicker exploded into a brawl when a shopper, who turned out to be an American Express executive, was discouraged from using her card at an Ashley store...
...RADIANCE OF JADE AND THE CRYSTAL CLARITY OF WATER: KOREAN CERAMICS FROM THE ATAKA COLLECTION, The Art Institute of Chicago. Korean artisans might have initially borrowed pottery techniques from the Chinese, but their subsequent creations rivaled those of their giant neighbor and became the envy of Japan, which dispatched military expeditions to raid Korean kilns and enslave its craftsmen. On display are 114 elegant and serenely beautiful objects including vases, ewers, incense burners and porcelain water droppers. Through...
...summit in the medieval Dutch town of Maastricht last week, aimed at forging deeper economic and political integration within the European Community, was a qualified success. After two days of heated wrangling, the 12 heads of state and government produced an agreement that took a giant step toward monetary unity, a half step toward strengthening a separate European defense organization, and a baby step toward framing a common foreign and security policy. They also moved toward pursuing joint action in areas ranging from immigration to education and labor. "This meeting," said German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, "has resulted in the fulfillment...
Some industrial leaders are underwhelmed by the Administration's helping hand. "It is so little, so wimpy," complains Andrew Grove, president of the semiconductor giant Intel. The Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank, proposes that Washington create a new federal science-and-technology agency that would coordinate the government's widely scattered $76 billion annual investment in R. and D. and make industry a partner at every level. "What we have now," says Hudson fellow Robert Costello, a former Pentagon official, "is a flea going up against an elephant, but the flea is growing...