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...some members of Congress asked Bush to allow some of the refugees into the U.S. on a temporary basis. The legislators reasoned that such a quiet humanitarian gesture would ease the painful effects of the embargo without encouraging others to flee. The Administration shelved the suggestion, though it did launch a perfunctory effort to persuade Haiti's democratic neighbors to resettle some of the refugees. Belize agreed to take 100 boat people -- if they tested negative for the AIDS virus. Honduras, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago agreed to accept a total of 450 Haitians...
...issue some $320 billion worth of bonds this year, up sharply from $235 billion in 1990. Owners of small businesses are likewise lining up for low-priced funds. Jeff Tuma, 39, who runs the Embers restaurant in Mount Pleasant, Mich., decided last summer to renovate the eatery and launch a catering service to go with it. "Banks are obviously looking for good loans right now, and they have tons of money out there for the right people," Tuma says...
...Saudis relish their role as Washington's pre-eminent Arab partners in the Middle East peace process, so they would rather not risk embarrassing GEORGE BUSH. The $4 billion transaction would have undercut the President's vow to scale back arms sales to the Middle East and would surely launch a bruising battle between the White House and Israel's allies in Congress. The Saudis will renew their request after things quiet down, but if they have to, they can always turn to Britain for state-of-the-art aircraft. They've done it before...
Cavazos added that BGLSA will launch a new publication sometime in January or February to provide an additional outlet for the organization...
...rights, Calvin Klein, one of the patron saints of American sportswear, should be cleaning up in this market. He was one of the first to launch a lower-priced collection: Classifications, first sold in 1983, was discontinued in 1988. These days, though, his lower-priced Calvin Klein Sport division, which last year accounted for nearly 80% of all business at Calvin Klein, Inc., has been floundering. Company sales in 1990 fell to $197 million, ) down from $225 million in 1989. Even worse, the firm lost more than $4 million and carries long-term debt of close to $68 million...