Word: productive
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...proliferation of brands has added fizz to Coke's overall business. The company says sales in July and August of new Coke, Classic Coke and Cherry Coke, another product unveiled this year, were 10% higher than sales of old Coke in the same months of 1984. But the expense of promoting the brands has hurt Coke's bottom line. Last week the company predicted that its 1985 operating income would be "up slightly or flat" when compared with the 1984 figure. Coke's less than bubbly outlook helped send its stock down nearly 2 points last week...
...country people to develop their own moneymaking projects, Ju began building and marketing metal frames for the battery chargers used by local coal miners. Soon demand for his high-quality but economical merchandise started to snowball. Customers multiplied; orders boomed. By 1984, thanks to his success in manufacturing a product that the country badly needed, Ju had amassed a considerable fortune...
...Federal Reserve's changing of the guard comes at a crucial time for the U.S. economy, which has been almost stalled. The gross national product, after expanding at a 6.8% pace in 1984, grew at an annual rate of only 1.2% in the first half of this year. Housing starts are falling, and industrial production is virtually stagnant. One sign that growth may be reviving, however, is a recent dip in unemployment. After being stuck at 7.3% for six months, the jobless rate dropped to 7% in August. The fall in black teenage unemployment, from about...
Susan Mitchell, the president of a small computer-software firm in Boulder City, Nev., is one of Lewis' satisfied clients. Says she: Lewis has "been able to expedite my preparation of our product by three months...
...rise in product-liability lawsuits, notably in the case of the Dalkon Shield intrauterine birth control device, has resulted in ballooning insurance rates for manufacturers. And Union Carbide's Bhopal disaster, which prompted more than $100 billion in lawsuits, has helped make toxic-pollution insurance virtually impossible for most chemical companies to obtain...