Word: morgans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...call for Detroit-only shopping is expected to have limited success, even among blacks who have been insulted by Dearborn's racial attitudes. Fred Morgan, 39, a Detroit truck driver, long ago dropped the idea of buying a house in Dearborn, in part because he felt unwelcome. But he still will shop there. "I was out last night looking for an air compressor," he said. "Where am I going to get one in Detroit for the kind of price I can find in the suburbs...
...policy purpose: to enable private enterprise to run services now performed by the Government. Its more immediate goal: to persuade Congress to sell Conrail to the Norfolk Southern railroad. In the meantime, Anne Wexler has been building the Coalition for a Competitive Conrail, a farm-dominated group pushing for Morgan Guaranty as the prospective purchaser...
...Chancellor Helmut Kohl. "German products still appeal at these prices." M.I.T. Economist Paul Krugman believes it will take at least a year for the drop in the dollar to % have "a significant impact" on the trade balance. That view is shared by Rimmer de Vries, chief international economist for Morgan Guaranty Trust, who expects only a modest decline in the trade gap this year...
...risk of inflation has been sharply reduced, however, by the huge drop in petroleum prices. Last week the price for next-month delivery of West Texas Intermediate, a benchmark crude, closed at $16.01 per bbl., compared with $31.72 in November. Rimmer de Vries, chief international economist for Morgan Guaranty Trust, expects prices to average about $18 this year and next...
...chip. On Jan. 29 the fund received a final $37.25 million loan repayment on Las Vegas' Aladdin Hotel. "We are now certifiably out of casino investments," said Central States Executive Director George W. Lehr. Placed under tight federal oversight in 1982, the fund now invests through the firm of Morgan Stanley Group Inc., which has redirected assets mostly into stocks and bonds. Last year its portfolio climbed in value from $5.2 billion to $6.4 billion--a smart showing even by the bullish Wall Street standards...