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...according to a White House estimate. While most Americans might not yet appreciate the benefits of the agreement, the latest delay dismayed industry executives whose companies stand to gain most immediately from its adoption. "This is the opportunity of the century," sighed Dwayne Andreas, the chairman of Archer Daniels Midland, the vast Illinois-based food-products and grain company. "This is the biggest step toward free trade that has ever been taken in the history of the world." Said Maurice ("Hank") Greenberg, chairman of American International Group, the giant insurance company: "If the United States Congress fails to ratify...
...corporate delegation eager to get the new era of peace and prosperity off to a lucrative start. Among the Americans: General Motors ceo John Smith, IBM chairman Louis Gerstner, Goldman Sachs chief Stephen Friedman, Motorola's Robert Galvin, Morgan Stanley's Richard Fisher and Dwayne Andreas of Archer-Daniels-Midland. Said U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Holbrooke: "For almost five decades in the postwar period, the relationship ((between the U.S. and Europe)) was basically military. The departure of the troops from Berlin represents the beginning of an emphasis on trade and economics...
chair, Archer Daniels Midland...
Dwight Merren, an administrator for the Midland Bank Trust, which administers the Cayman Island CRICO, said he did not believe a move is imminent for the Barbados company. Hesaid he believed the lower taxes paid by theoff-shore company would make it difficult to leavethe Caribbean...
...only the rail behemoths that do well. There are 410 short lines, fragments of old roads that have been reconstituted by adventuresome rail buffs and entrepreneurs to hook customers up with the main lines. The Maryland Midland is one. Nestled in the hills below Camp David, the presidential retreat, it serves 34 customers who need coal and raw materials to turn out cement and lumber products. Paul Denton, 51, a refugee from the Baltimore & Ohio in Baltimore, Maryland, is president, commanding a fleet of 200 cars over 67 miles of track. From a tiny office in the quaint 1902 depot...