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...however, most American firms have sold their holdings to local, white-controlled firms. Buyers include giant conglomerates like the Premier Group, which purchased Dow Chemical's subsidiary, and smaller firms like Northern Engineering, which acquired Eaton's operations. Other U.S. divisions have been sold to the white South Africans who managed the subsidiary or to foreign firms. Only a few companies, including Eastman Kodak, have completely shut down their operations...
...from the 1983 elections and their worst showing in 20 years. The Socialists increased their share of the vote by nearly three points, more than any other party, to 14.3%. The Christian Democrats remain the largest party, with 34.3% of the ballots cast, up slightly from 1983. Socialist ex-Premier Bettino Craxi and his archrival, Christian Democratic Leader Ciriaco de Mita, are again expected to go to the mat over which of them should be the new Prime Minister...
...confidence is largely due to the backing the HUCTW received this winter from the AFL-CIO's largest union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). The national endorsement has brought the Harvard labor movement financial support, research assistance and the right to be called the "premier organizing drive for [AFSCME] across...
...country's most influential banker (see box). By making such a turnabout on the loans, Reed is moving out of the shadow of his predecessor and mentor, Walter Wriston, who was largely responsible for Citicorp's eightfold expansion between 1967 and his retirement. Wriston was also the premier spokesmen for the go-go lending policies of U.S. banks in the 1970s. Even though to some extent Reed's current action repudiates his former boss's strategy, most bankers think Wriston would have done the same thing. So does Wriston. Said the retired chairman in Manhattan last week: "The world...
Chirac went on to a 4 1/2-hour exchange with Gorbachev. Afterward the French Premier praised the Soviet leader's plans for reforms. "What he has in mind is not just profound but rapid," said Chirac. "If it succeeds, and I hope it does, this experience of reform will change the world by the end of the century...