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Mexico's largest trading partner is the U.S., and Mexico, in turn, is the U.S.'s third largest customer, after Canada and Japan. These days the U.S.-Mexico relationship has acquired considerable drama as the U.S.'s big Latin neighbor confronts its worst economic crisis in 40 years. Against this background, 35 U.S. corporate, philanthropic and university leaders joined 15 TIME editors and company officers on a five-day Newstour of Mexico and Panama. Like the seven other such trips sponsored by TIME in the past 20 years, the tour was designed to provide our Newstour guest...
...despite attempts to drain the new lake, the water has continued to rise at a rate of 4 in. an hour, fed by melting mountain snow. At least part of Thistle could be underwater for good. Commented State Geologist Bruce Kaliser, who claimed the mud bath was the largest in the area in 1,000 years: "It's the year of the slide...
...same period last year. A star performer was General Motors, which earned $653 million as sales rose 14% from a year ago. Chrysler also did well, earning $172 million, an increase of 15% on sales of $3.1 billion from January through March. It was Chrysler's largest quarterly profit ever. Overall, though, the earnings picture in the first quarter was one of lights and shadows, of a recovery not quite fully developed. IBM's earnings rose 24%, to $976 million, but the world's largest computer maker did better than its smaller brothers. Control Data...
...quick and the smart. Two years ago, Bank of America decided that the bank could buy a brokerage house without violating federal rules if it did not give customers investment advice or underwrite corporate securities offerings. Bank of America then decided to buy Charles Schwab & Co., the largest U.S. discount brokerage firm, which provides neither service. Other stockbrokers squawked, but the Federal Reserve approved the deal. Schwab is now producing nearly $400,000 a day in commissions for Bank of America, and 600 other financial institutions have since gone into the discount brokerage business...
...anonymous donor gave the program $200,000 to establish the annual series, the largest gift in the history of the program, David H. Donald, Warren Professor of American History and chairman of the American Civilization Committee, said yesterday...