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...debt, deficits and inflation that underlie the currency union. Bundesbank policies can help or hurt plans by many countries, including Germany, to meet the criteria by boosting economic growth. But more important, Tietmeyer's mere utterances, like those of his U.S. counterpart, Alan Greenspan, can move markets or puncture investor confidence. His blessing of the euro venture would be a welcome seal of approval, but he could waylay the entire program if he declares its underlying fiscal arrangements to be flawed, and he could hinder the entry of any nation he feels does not meet Maastricht standards...
...Angeles meeting of the big-spending afl-cio, where he promised new rules requiring all businesses that contract with the Federal Government to meet fair-labor standards, Gore made time for private chats with two significant Democratic Party supporters: supermarket mogul Ronald Burkle and real estate investor Stanley Hirsh. "It's breathtaking how fast and aggressively he's moving," says a Democratic stalwart. Though Gore's aides insist he wasn't asking for donations on this visit, they admit he was laying the basis for a squeeze this year or next...
...YORK CITY: Investors sent tobacco stocks higher Tuesday, on reports that major tobacco companies were close to settling all of the suits brought by 21 states to recover Medicaid costs associated with smoking. But both the companies and the states deny that they are anywhere close to a comprehensive settlement. "There have been discussions about settlements with individual companies, most notably the Liggett Group," said Chris DeWitt, a spokesman for the Michigan attorney general's office. "But I have no information that there is any talk yet about a global settlement." Bloomberg News, quoting sources involved in the negotiations...
...YORK CITY: Investors sent tobacco stocks higher Tuesday, on reports that major tobacco companies were close to settling all of the suits brought by 21 states to recover Medicaid costs associated with smoking. But both the companies and the states deny that they are anywhere close to a comprehensive settlement. "There have been discussions about settlements with individual companies, most notably the Liggett Group," said Chris DeWitt, a spokesman for the Michigan attorney general's office. "But I have no information that there is any talk yet about a global settlement." Bloomberg News, quoting sources involved in the negotiations...
...still game, for, as her story shows, the tall girl who had to struggle "not to be lonely" at Vassar has always been drawn to men with an edge--her dazzling but erratic husband Phil Graham; her legendary editor, Ben Bradlee; and her unconventional mentor, investor Warren Buffett...