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Officials from Harvard, MIT and the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce have endorsed the manager for his fiscal acumen which, they say, has helped produce an annual surplus in the city budget...
...costly car-inspection procedures for importers and ease the industry's grip on the dealership system. Too much pushing on this front, however, could spoil a good thing. Unresolved trade talks help keep the Japanese concessions coming and the yen strong because the largest source of its trade surplus with the U.S. remains untouched. That is one reason U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor did not impose broad sanctions when Washington and Tokyo failed Sept. 30 to reach a market-opening agreement on autos and assembly parts. Another is that Detroit is now selling cars the Japanese way -- on the ground...
...that illegals drain about $2 billion a year for incarceration, schooling and Medicaid from the budgets of such major destination states as Texas, Florida and California. But the survey also discerned that for the country as a whole, legal and illegal immigrants generate a $25 billion to $30 billion surplus from the income and property taxes they...
...board is dealing with a whole range of lies that make them question his integrity and financial responsibility." Among the misrepresentations, critics charged, were Chavis' claims of inheriting a $2 million deficit from predecessor Benjamin Hooks. "There was no deficit," Hooks contends. "I left him a $600,000 surplus. What put him in a deficit was that he spent $1.9 million more than was budgeted and didn't raise any more money." Says another former high-level N.A.A.C.P. staff member: "Chavis and crew refused to deal with the reality that the N.A.A.C.P. is not a rich organization. The first thing...
...happens, however, Tyson's interest in Puerto Rico has abruptly waned because the company has found hungrier and less restrictive markets for its surplus chicken parts. Tyson is currently sending most of its dark meat abroad. "If it needs to push more stuff down here in the future," says importer Garcia, "the heat will be on again...