Word: prospect
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...from Moraine, Ohio, to Toluca, Mexico, indicate that GM may be planning to head for the friendlier, less unionized climes south of the border. The advantages include lower wage costs and relief from fuel- economy regulations. But amid the automaker's current "Buy American" campaign, there is the ironic prospect of some General Motors products eventually being reclassified as imports from Mexico...
...students say they are excited about the prospect of the additions to the house...
...should be clear by now that the post-tax cost of capital has relatively little influence on both the overall level of investment and the uses of invested funds. In fact, the greatest influence on investment is the prospect for pretax returns. The key questions concern how good a new idea is, how much of a market there is for a particular product and how productively it can be created. The issue -- as Clinton understands far better than Tsongas -- is how to make the entire economy more productive, not how the tax code can be jiggered to induce the wealthy...
Much as administrators may try to sugarcoat it with cute stories and happy talk, the Faculty's budget crisis--an $11.7 million deficit with the prospect of a widening gap between income and expenditures--will require serious work to mend...
...boat people. "The military believes it can get the U.S. to soften up the embargo even more," says a leading Haitian businessman. Last week, as the commander of the country's armed forces elevated to a top post a former police chief who was fired by Aristide, the prospect of the deposed President's return seemed more remote than ever...