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...matchup of two run-and-gun teams, the Harvard men's basketball team survived a game-long slowdown by Brandeis to register a 52-46 victory in its home opener last night at Briggs Cage...
...slowdown of the local economy means that the city can no longer depend upon continued increased in state aid and increased tax levy limits due to new construction, two factors that contributed greatly to the financial strength of the 1980's," City Manager Robert W. Healy wrote in a report delivered to council last week...
...their long stampede, the bulls have managed at least temporarily to overcome their fears about the U.S. budget and trade deficits. Despite a dramatic slowdown in growth, they have been looking on the economy's bright side. "Investors now believe the Federal Reserve Board can deliver a 'soft landing' of subdued inflation by year-end, without a recession," says Byron Wien, chief domestic strategist for the investment firm Morgan Stanley, who since May has been predicting a new all-time high on the Dow. Elaine Garzarelli, a portfolio manager at Shearson Lehman Hutton, who was one of the few forecasters...
Government reports last week revealed new signs of economic weakness, prompting worries that the current slowdown could turn into a full-fledged recession. Although the Labor Department said on Friday that the U.S. unemployment rate dipped slightly, from 5.3% in June to 5.2% in July, the Government's Index of Leading Economic Indicators, its chief forecasting gauge, showed its fourth drop in five months. Another closely watched barometer, which measures new orders and inventory by the nation's corporate purchasing agents, fell to a six-year...
...five-year slowdown in defense spending is already hitting military contractors hard. Since 1982, the number of U.S. companies turning out hardware for the Pentagon has plummeted from 120,000 to just 40,000. At most major defense firms, profits are down and payrolls are being slashed. Los Angeles-based Northrop, which lost $78 million in the second quarter, is cutting its work force by 3,000 workers, to 41,000. St. Louis-based McDonnell Douglas (1988 defense sales: $9.7 billion), the largest U.S. military contractor, reported a loss of $48 million during the same period. If Cheney sells...