Word: sectoral
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Institutional Investors, a group of pension-fund managers who control assets of nearly $200 billion, had endorsed a ringing "Shareholders Bill of Rights," intended as a challenge to every major U.S. corporate boardroom. Among other things, the group of hitherto largely passive investors drawn chiefly from the public sector demanded a new voice in all "fundamental decisions which could affect corporate performance and growth." Predicted Brenda Steinhour, a money- management executive who observed the session: "Proxy power is going to be a major issue in the world of investments...
...think that you have to recognize that the largest segment of education in Massachusetts is the independent sector. They've been doing a good job of it for 350 years, and they'll continue to," said James A. True, AICUM vice president for governmental relations...
Statistics reveal that Asian women are the lowest paid sector of the American labor force, earning an average 39 cents--in comparison to other women's 59 cents--share of the white male dollar...
...primary- products economy from the industrial economy -- is largely due to technological changes. Modern industrial processes in both high-tech and traditional industries, he notes, require far fewer raw materials and far less energy than before. Despite much talk about the "deindustrialization" of the U.S., Drucker notes, the manufacturing sector still holds steady at roughly 23% of American GNP -- about the same level as 30 years ago. Nor is the U.S. really suffering as an exporter of manufactured goods: its world market share increased from 17% to 20% between...
...claimed this engine is fueled by Proposition 2 1/2, which cut property taxes and "put money back into the private sector." Dukakis opposed Proposition...