Word: jose
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...proliferating number of software titles means that it is harder to strike it rich quickly. Says Ron Fisher, vice president of VisiCorp in San Jose, Calif.: "There is now a surfeit of good people with good programs." Independent programmers once received royalties as high as 37% of the wholesale price, but their commissions have slid to an average of about 10%. Concurs Gibbons of Software Publishing: "The days of giant royalty payments are gone for good...
...polls are any indication, Salvadorans instead appear to lean towards moderate Jose Napoleon Duarte of the Christian Democrats, who, from 1980-82, led the junta that succeeded decades of military rule. Although once considered a viable dark horse, National Conciliation Party candidate Francisco Jose Guerrero now ranks third behind Duarte and d'Aubuisson. Since it is unlikely' that any one contestant will win a clear-cut majority, there will most likely be a May run-off between the top two contenders...
...official estimates that half of the officers might choose to remain on the force permanently. McEnery projects that the Police Corps will save San Jose between $7 million and $16 million over the next ten years while adding officers to the force...
...first full-fledged test of the idea will probably be in San Jose, Calif. In a proposal by Mayor Tom McEnery, high school graduates who pass the state's regular police admissions examination will be eligible for four-year college scholarships of $7,000 a year. The participants will be allowed to choose any course of study, but would spend then summer vacations preparing for police work by attending required training programs. After graduation, they would join the police department with the same law-enforcement authority as regular officers. Police Corps graduates will earn about $25,000 in total...
...sides. Atari's U.S. payroll has already been reduced from 9,800 people to 3,500; 3,000 manufacturing jobs will be added in Hong Kong and Taiwan this spring. By late next year it will centralize most of its operations in a four-building complex in San Jose, Calif...