Word: rising
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...estimated that by 1999 Canada could have added 2% to 3% to its gross national product under the agreement, and the U.S. about 1% to its GNP. Equally important, the accord is expected to provide impetus for free trade globally at a time when protectionist forces are on the rise...
Whoever wins the grab for RJR, a highly leveraged takeover could add more debt to the U.S. economy than any previous business deal. All told, corporate debt has climbed from some $965 billion in 1982 to $1.8 trillion this year, a rise from 32% to 37% of U.S. gross national product. LBOs can be especially worrisome of borrowing, because they replace virtually all of a company's equity with IOUs that must be repaid. A sudden downturn can thus put a firm heavily in hock out of business. "High leverage is unsafe, not just for a company...
...MARCOS DYNASTY by Sterling Seagrave (Harper & Row; $22.50). This merciless account of the Philippine dictator's rise and fall poses many intriguing questions, answering some. Why did Ferdinand purloin billions of dollars? What did Imelda want with all those shoes...
...MARCOS DYNASTY by Sterling Seagrave (Harper & Row; $22.50). This merciless account of the Filipino dictator's rise and fall poses many intriguing questions, answering some. Why did Ferdinand purloin billions of dollars? What did Imelda want with all those shoes...
...Estonia, advocates of increased local autonomy risk a collision with Moscow over the limits of mutual sovereignty. In Armenia, anger continues to rise over the status of the ethnic minority in Azerbaijan. -- Benazir Bhutto wins the vote, but will she get to govern Pakistan? -- P. L. O. Chairman Yasser Arafat declares a Palestinian state in the West Bank...