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...1980s, has slowed down. Since the stock- market minicrash in October 1989, demand for computerized business data has grown a tame 5%. A subsequent shakeout has already claimed some weaker firms, such as Bunker Ramo, GTE Financial and Pont Systems, through mergers and failures. To remain viable, survivors must invest heavily in the next generation of information technology. That could spell trouble for small outfits like Bloomberg, says Margaret Fischer, head of electronic-information , practices at the market-research firm Link Resources. "The survivors will be those with deep pockets, critical mass and strong stomachs...
...trustee council seems to be considering three broad areas of spending: land purchases to protect vital habitats, scientific studies and some type of endowment that would invest the money and finance restoration from the interest. Environmentalists contend that putting too much into an endowment would prevent the state from tackling expensive but urgent projects. Scientific study, on the other hand, has strong support from the conservationists, who advocate such efforts as long-term monitoring of wildlife and assessments of which habitats should be purchased. There is some concern, however, about the council's judgment. It has been accused of rubber...
HORTON FOOTE'S GIFTS FOR MOOD, DIAlogue and vignette won screenplay Oscars for To Kill a Mockingbird and Tender Mercies and gave Geraldine Page unforgettable moments in The Trip to Bountiful. But his stage plays suffer from haphazard , structure, predictable plot and an inability to invest poignant incidents with larger significance. These faults beset THE ROADS TO HOME, which opened off- Broadway last week under the author's direction. The cast of nine, an army on the tiny stage, seems thin and the story wan. But Emmy winner Jean Stapleton and the author's daughter Hallie glow as two Texas...
Councillor Edward N. Cyr also criticized the proposal, saying that biotech labs move too often for the city to invest in the companies profitably...
...should the wealthier faculties who can afford to invest in bigticket items with high returns "invest" in higher pay (without cutting benefits) instead? They shouldn't always. But in this case, redirecting money toward workers makes sense. First of all, we're not talking about redirecting a huge amount. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences' share of the 4 percent hike would amount to roughly $960,000, probably about the same amount the College spends on recruiting athletes and feeding non-resident tutors...