Word: ince
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...world of dollar liquidity from November 1996 onward, as he watched the price of gold fall from $383 to $285. Ignoring this sure sign of monetary deflation, Greenspan caused a crisis in every country that relies on commodity exports to earn a living. JUDE T. WANNISKI, PRESIDENT Polyconomics Inc. Morristown...
...story on the increased use of hair extensions [FASHION, Feb. 15] incorrectly said Amekor Industries Inc. had seen its annual sales of extensions jump from $25 million five years ago to $100 million last year. Those sales figures are an estimate for the entire industry, not for Amekor alone...
...stability: substance abuse, little or no formal education or work experience and a history of incarceration. Today there is widespread acceptance of the idea that truly assisting the homeless means helping them address these problems and preparing them for employment and self-sufficiency. GEORGE MCDONALD, PRESIDENT Doe Fund, Inc. New York City...
Whoa. Just a decade ago, Nissan was synonymous with Japan Inc., the business goliath that was devouring America. The auto company's fuel-thrifty sedans and zippy 240Z sports car put the fear in Detroit long before the Toyota Camry or Honda Accord ever saw a drafting table. Nissan's success gave weight to the myth that Japanese companies were run by enlightened executives who worked in frictionless synchronicity with workers to produce superior cars. In his best-selling book The Reckoning, David Halberstam suggested that U.S. industry, namely the Ford Motor Co., would be consigned to a never-ending...
Only a handful of companies have ever lived up to the Japan Inc. myth, and Nissan isn't one of them. Certainly its manufacturing and engineering prowess are world-class. And Nissan still builds first-rate automobiles. It simply doesn't make the right kind, nor does it know how to sell them. "We've failed to understand what the market wants," Hanawa told TIME early this month. "We're reflecting upon that." Deep meditation is more like it. Nissan has been paralyzed by its own bureaucracy and a legacy of tension between management and labor in Japan...