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...upon/ Our truly global power." After World War II, Nomura was the first Japanese securities company to return to New York with an independent office, which opened at 61 Broadway in 1953. Nomura was also the first Japanese firm to open a securities branch in China (1982) and to obtain a seat on the London Stock Exchange (1986). Between 1980 and 1987, Nomura more than doubled its work force abroad...
Under the British-Saudi agreement, Riyadh will obtain 48 Tornado fighter- bombers to add to the 72 it has already contracted for, as well as up to 60 Hawk jet trainers, 80 helicopters and six minesweepers. Britain will also build two military airfields and provide training for Saudi Arabia's army and air force...
...committee's report. Among other things, the bill would require the Federal Reserve to limit the circumstances under which bankers could question women entrepreneurs about their marital status. When banks turn down commercial-loan applicants, the institutions would be required to notify the companies of their right to obtain in writing the bank's reasons for doing...
...laws that ban discrimination in public accommodations to compel some private organizations to admit women. Similarly, the New York ordinance was written to apply to private clubs that are in some respects public. To be affected, they must have more than 400 members and regularly serve meals and obtain revenues from nonmembers "for the furtherance of trade or business." Four of the city's most prestigious men's clubs meet those criteria...
...crude supplies, the firm scrambled to find alternative sources. In so doing, the jury ruled, Ashland resorted to bribery: in 1980 and 1981, according to court records, the company paid $49 million to government officials in Oman and Saudi Arabia and a government representative in Abu Dhabi to obtain oil. Ashland attorneys had argued that the payments were legal and were made to private consultants...