Word: ownership
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...teaching is seen in their reaction, or lack thereof, to the January decision by the Reagan Administration to restrict the number of Southeast Asian refugees allowed into the country. It's no coincidence that this policy shift comes amidst nationalist cries over the "Yellow Peril" in education, real estate ownership and economic competitiveness. If American Catholics were to recognize that every-one deserves an equal chance at the freedoms and opportunities that the United States can provide, pressure against such a policy would be enormous...
Although there are many issues derivative of a successfully passed Proposition 1-2-3 that need to be resolved, I am, on balance, in favor of 1-2-3 because it symbolizes potential empowerment through home ownership equity, the inspiration of selfesteem and enrichment of the cultural and socio-economic fabric of our city," says Bell...
...company's stock into employees' hands as a maneuver in its bitter six- month battle against a takeover bid by Shamrock Holdings, owned by the Roy Disney family. Because Massachusetts-based Polaroid is incorporated in Delaware, where an anti-takeover law requires that bidders must get 85% ownership of a target company to gain control, the ESOP is leaving Shamrock with almost no room to maneuver. When a Delaware court rejected Shamrock's challenge of the ESOP, Polaroid's workers "jumped up and down with joy," said Nicholas Pasquarosa, chairman of the employee committee. "We have developed loyalties here...
...ESOP program has boosted the company's performance, in part because managers have put their employees' new motivation to good use. Avis has also found that its customers support employee ownership, which the company touts in its ads. One TV spot shows a satisfied customer pointing to an Avis rental clerk and saying, "I know the owner...
Well, they're entitled, because they do. Employee stock-ownership plans, or ESOPs, have rapidly come of age as morale-boosting incentives and takeover tools...