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...many companies in the computer industry. After a decade of rapid expansion and explosive product innovation, the business has lost some of its pizazz. Many established companies are repackaging old technology rather than developing daring new products. Manufacturers of such big machines as mainframes and minicomputers are suffering from stagnant sales as customers turn to powerful but less expensive workstations and personal computers. At the same time, many customers are reluctant to buy new hardware because of a shortage of innovative software to provide fresh applications for the machines...
America's retailers have precious little to cheer about these days. Many of the best-known U.S. department-store chains are up for sale. Garment sales have been stagnant, and profits are squeezed. But then there is Donna Karan, a women's-clothing designer whose creations send department-store executives into fits of giddy optimism. The Queen of Seventh Avenue, as the fashion press calls her, Karan is chief executive officer and head designer of a five-year- old company that expects to rake in $115 million in revenues this year. Her sportswear line arrived in stores eight months...
...acquisitions as Brooks Brothers and Bonwit Teller to pay part of his $11 billion debt, he insisted that his remaining chains could churn out enough cash to make interest payments, finance expansion and yield profits as well. Instead, the cash registers rang slowly as the retailing industry suffered from stagnant consumer spending...
...restaurateurs have < devised special techniques to deal with the time lag. Some chefs undercook fish, for example, allowing it to continue heating in delivery trucks' warming ovens. Pierre Saint-Denis, chef-owner of Manhattan's Le Refuge, stabilizes his butter sauce with cream so it doesn't resemble a stagnant pool by the time it reaches the plate...
...most authoritative survey of race relations in a generation, A Common Destiny concludes that white resistance and a stagnant economy have slowed the fight for integration...