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Without Baby Doc's infamous corruption, the troubled Haitian economy may perk up some. But most of the Haitian workforce is still jobless, unskilled, and poor. Most deaths in Haiti still come from malnutrition and diseases that were wiped out in the developed world decades ago. Ninety percent of Haitians still can't read or write...
Union Carbide's long-term woes stem partly from its slowness to adjust to a slump in the chemicals business, particularly in petroleum-based products. The company's financial performance has lagged behind such rivals as Du Pont and Monsanto for the past several years. To perk up profits, Union Carbide is expected to put less emphasis on petrochemicals so that it can concentrate on its more successful business lines, including industrial gases (nitrogen, argon, oxygen) and consumer products (Eveready batteries, Glad bags, Prestone antifreeze...
...arriving at Atari's headquarters in a two-tone Rolls-Royce. As industry experts saw it, he intended to dismantle Atari, regarding it as a start-up operation. He pushed aside Chairman James Morgan, 42, the former Philip Morris executive whom Warner had brought in last September to perk up the company. Mor gan had tried to save Atari, chiefly by slashing its worldwide work force from...
...that bans any supplement to the salaries of Government employees from private sources, but payment of consulting fees raised no such problem. Other sources argue that reimbursement of moving expenses was legal, but the resources of the funds could have been strained if many other officials demanded the same perk...
Providence Mayor Vincent ("Buddy") Cianci Jr.'s most prized political perk was a Lincoln Continental with maroon seats and license plates with the number 10000. Last week the sleek sedan shared space next to city hall with a moving van. After nearly ten years in office, during which he was praised for revitalizing the city and tainted by the corruption that surrounded him, the effervescent mayor was forced to resign because of a felony conviction: he received a suspended five-year prison sentence for assaulting a man he claimed was having an affair with his estranged wife...