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...have in mind. Even after outlining it, Republicans didn't have numbers to show how it would achieve $270 billion in savings over seven years. And much of those savings are targeted by Republicans not for the Medicare trust fund but for general government revenues, making them available to offset the G.O.P. tax cut. Senate majority leader Bob Dole's plan, released a day after Gingrich's, does a better job of making the numbers add up by offering both carrots and sticks. Seniors who opt to stay in traditional Medicare would see their out-of-pocket costs...
...more than a century a paragon of vertical integration--the tying together of suppliers and customers into one company. But now Allen calls vertical integration "an idea whose time has passed" and says that "we've reached the point where the advantages of our size will be offset by the time and costs in coordinating and integrating sometimes conflicting business strategies." Translation: the company's parts, notably telephone service and equipment manufacturing, are starting to get in one another...
...offset the negative effects of gravity on protein crystal growth, Thiessen developed a method of growing protein crystals in a substance called agarose gel, which is similar in texture to Jell...
...Baby Bells need the federal legislation for their long-term financial health. Says Schelke of Smith Barney: "The states are working to require the Bells to open up their local networks, and the Bells clearly will lose market share as that happens. Long-distance would be the obvious immediate offset." Already, dozens of firms known as "competitive access providers" deliver local voice-and-data transmission services to businesses, linking them to long-distance lines in competition with the Bells. Some of these newcomers have deep pockets. Teleport Communications Group, which operates in 37 markets, is owned by TCI and three...
...trade deficit reached a record $11.43 billion in May. Export growth in merchandise and a $300 million decrease in auto imports were offset in part by crude oil imports, which rose to their highest level in more than four years. The deficit was more than $1 billion higher than some economists expected. SPORTS...