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...wake of the impressive successes that Canada's richest families have scored in the U.S., growing numbers of smaller investors are expected to look southward as well. Last week the U.S. Government encouraged that trend by sponsoring three "Invest in the U.S.A." seminars in Canada, at which lawyers and accountants dispensed tips on how to get started in business in the U.S. Twenty-five states participated, hoping to lure Canadian investment. In a new version of the old wintertime travel advertisements for Florida aimed at shivering Northerners, the U.S. is telling Canada, "Come on down!" More and more Canadians...
...Brook, Ill. Blankemeier moved 70% of his portfolio into mutual stock funds after taking a mild beating on several of his own stock picks. Says he: "Half the time, I'd do O.K., and half the time I'd blow it. I'd rather have someone invest for me who has the time and the expertise...
...preceding election was 53 percent, and their previous election was 1974--the most disastrous Republican year in a generation. In short, these liberal Senators were living on borrowed time. Had 1974 been a normal year, they probably would not have been around to lose in 1980 and invest that election with its seeming significance. As for what defeated them in 1980, given their precarious positions, everything was important no matter how small--Reagan coattails, the efforts of the NCPAC and a conservative resurgence on the one hand, or candidate personalities and local issues on the other...
...raises questions. Are we to abandon the invulnerable part of our deterrent -- the submarine-based missile forces -- and return to the worries of the 1950s, when our retaliatory forces consisted of bombers on a small number of bases susceptible to surprise attack? The Administration has underscored that the Soviets invest many times as much as do we in strategic defense. Can our bombers be assured of penetrating the heavy Soviet air defense in the '90s -- especially if we were to "share" our strategic-defense technologies, as we have promised...
...addition, Graham's analysis ignores the importance calls for divestment have in raising the issue of student participation in the decision-making structure of the University. Though polls show a significant majority of students favor divestment, Harvard continues to invest in the brutal apartheid system...