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According to some unofficial estimates, the price of Britain's war in the South Atlantic has gone past the $1 billion mark-a huge expense currently covered by a $4.5 billion defense contingency fund. The QE2 alone is costing the British government $225,000 a day to operate, while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Falklands: The Queen Is Hailed | 5/17/1982 | See Source »

The Girard Bank of Philadelphia has completely overhauled its fee structure with an innovative plan designed to relate the service charges a customer pays to how often he uses the bank's facilities. Each depositor is given a monthly "credit," or allowance, depending on the size of the average...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fewer Freebies | 4/12/1982 | See Source »

An oil firm incurs the regulators' wrath by cutting prices

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Why-o, Why-o Sohio? | 5/19/1980 | See Source »

OTHER, better, newspapers don't really provide happy mediums between hustle and heart attacks, either, though. At the Washington Post, news reporters--especially on cityside--constantly battle in a cutthroat competition to get their stories on the front page, and consequently tend to go for the quickie scandal rather than...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Guns And Butter | 5/29/1979 | See Source »

A few small airlines undoubtedly would prosper by moving into profitable niches overlooked by the bigger carriers. Southwest, a small regional carrier, has applied for routes to Chicago with a regular fare 50% below that of the major airlines, and it could perhaps make a marginal profit on that heavily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flying the Crowded Skies | 8/14/1978 | See Source »

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