Word: ortner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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With the latest report, "it's difficult to put a happy face on it," said Undersecretary of Commerce Robert Ortner. "There's no other interpretation that can be put on it other than it shows a pickup in inflation...
...figures and other important statistics occur with maddening regularity. "The numbers are not bad," says Sidney Jones, professor of public policy at Georgetown University. "They are just premature." But the Government is under pressure from anxious investors and executives to report economic data as soon as possible. Observes Robert Ortner, the Commerce Department's Under Secretary for Economic Affairs: "If you want something quickly, you give up something." In this case, accuracy...
...countries, is at last having a substantial impact. Among the products selling particularly well in overseas markets: aircraft, office equipment and telecommunications gear. Says U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter: "The lower dollar has thrown open doors that were closed to American exporters for much of the decade." Says Robert Ortner, an Under Secretary for Economic Affairs at the Commerce Department: "This is a genuine export boom...
...Jimmy Lew N Y Ted Liazos Y Y Frank Lockwood Y Y Barbie Looney N N Teresa Lopes N N Evan Mandery (abstain) (abstain) Fran Mastroianni (absent) (absent) Mike Mathieu Y N Chris Medgalia N N Jane Mendez N N Marcus Mitchell (absent) (absent) Matt Newlin N N Beth Ortner Y Y Lori Outzs Y Y Ed Palleson (absent) (absent) Greg Pastore (absent) (absent) Josh Preven N Y Aaron Richmond N Y Jill Rosenfield Y Y Rudy Ruiz Y Y David Saef N N Greg Sands Y Y Dan Schorr Y Y Greg Schwartz N (abstain) Debbie Slotnick...
...Darman stirred controversy when he used the terms bloated and corpocracy to describe the U.S. business hierarchy. Darman's epithets rebutted executives who blamed federal tax and budget policies for problems with U.S. competitiveness. Both Darman and other officials, however, acknowledge that Big Business is changing its ways. Robert Ortner, chief economist for the Commerce Department, acclaims the present restructuring efforts of corporate America as "amazing...