Word: profitability
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dollar over the past 2 1/2 years will eventually reduce the trade deficit substantially by making imports more expensive and U.S. goods cheaper for foreign consumers. So far, though, the impact of the dollar's drop has been disappointing. One reason is that many foreign manufacturers have accepted lower profit margins rather than let their prices rise in proportion to the dollar's fall. Moreover, while the dollar has gone down by more than 40% against the Japanese yen and the West German mark, it has fallen much less against the currencies of South Korea and other newly industrializing countries...
...auto industry has healthier profit margins than it did a decade ago, partly because the Japanese agreed to limit car exports for several years. But now American automakers are losing market share to the South Koreans. Last year foreign carmakers captured 31% of U.S. sales, up from 28% in 1986. Ford, which racked up an industry-record profit of $1.6 billion in the first quarter, has increased its market share, but mostly at the expense of General Motors, whose share of U.S. sales has plummeted from 46% in 1984 to about 37.5% now. Two weeks ago, GM revealed that...
...Harvard students who tutor every Monday night in the Suffolk Country House of Correction at Deer Island--prisons are an extension of the lecture hall. Here, tutor and tutee meet in an atmosphere of mutual curiosity to explore and learn from each other. Establishment confronts outlaw, and sometimes both profit...
...plant closing measure merely places human lives above corporate profit. Never again would multi-billion dollar corporations be allowed to wreck hundreds of families at a stroke without at least giving them a few weeks to rearrange their lives...
Despite the resurgence, few ferry services manage to make a profit. Golden Gate Bridge District, the largest ferry operator on San Francisco Bay, lost $2.8 million last year. New York's subsidized Staten Island Ferry, by far the nation's busiest, costs just 25 cents for a round trip (vs. $1 for a subway or bus ride) and sails along with a $26 million annual deficit. Nevertheless, several prospective services are being proposed by entrepreneurs. In San Diego two firms have proposed water-taxi services to shuttle conventioneers and tourists between the city's new waterfront convention center and hotels...