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...Barbara Webber, representing Abernathy and Mitchell a public relations firm in Washington. D.C. that has organized and publicized Kim's return, said they "hoped to prevent a situation similar to the Aquino affair." In 1983, the Philippine dissident returned from exile only to be assassinated as he stepped off the plane...
Baker's wide political experience is welcomed by many business leaders, who figure that he will be a more effective promoter of financial legislation than Regan. "The President has appointed someone at Treasury who understands the political workings of our Government," says Donald Marron, chairman of Manhattan's Paine Webber brokerage firm. "This is the highest priority. Congress and the Administration need to form a consensus and move ahead on deficit reduction and tax reform." Business leaders expect Baker to get along well with Paul Volcker, chairman of the Federal Reserve, who was a favorite whipping boy of Regan...
...Tuesday the bulls broke loose again: the Dow Jones industrial average jumped 34.78 points, to record its best gain since Aug. 3; and more than 169 million shares changed hands on the New York Stock Exchange, making it the sixth heaviest trading day ever. Said Harry Laubscher, a Paine Webber market analyst: "The bears had Thanksgiving, the bulls Christmas." After the big jump, profit takers moved in, and the market dropped for three straight days. Nonetheless, the Dow Jones average ended the week at 1198.98, up 23.07 points...
...additional 1.42 billion shares will go mainly to British institutional investors, with another $280.8 million worth going to the U.S., where traditional wariness of foreign stocks will, in this case, be cast aside. Says Donna Jaegers, a telecommunications analyst at Wall Street's Paine Webber: "People feel at home with the British...
...superficial level Melnick's music is reminiscent of the Tim rice-Andrew Loyd Webber "Broad way Rock" that influenced shows like the "Rocky Horror Picture Show," but closer listening reveals the music's deeper roots in more sophisticated jazz styles, Melnick said "I wanted to avoid the ellcbe of quoting from Chinese music, but I wanted none of the tunes to be self-consciously commercial...