Word: white-collar
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...head of the Justice Department's criminal division for the last two-and-a-half years, Heymann emphasized controlling white-collar crime...
While saying he had no regrets and that "nice progress was made" in controlling both white-collar and street crime, Heymann did say that his successor should "try to bring a little more order and organization among the various departments, agencies and offices involved in federal law enforcement...
...Chrysler itself will cut operating expenditures by reducing its white-collar payroll by another 2,200 people, to 21,800. The company will also scrap plans to enlarge its front-wheel-drive production capacity for 1984. Iacocca said that these measures alone would cut costs next year by $575 million...
...team player, and that tempers his conservatism." Still, Smith is likely to come down on the conservative side of several divisive issues now before the Justice Department. Conservatives hope that he will go slow on prosecution of sex and racial discrimination cases, emphasize street crime over white-collar offenses and relax some of the department's trust-busting zeal. But he tends to wield a scalpel rather than an ax, and zealous conservatives may be disappointed at his deliberate pace. Says Los Angeles Lawyer Leonard Janofsky, a former American Bar Association president: "He will analyze the pros and cons...
...office-equipment industry is getting its bounce from American businesses's rush to cut costs and boost productivity. The most unproductive workers in many companies today are office employees and executives. Between 1972 and 1977, blue-collar productivity grew by more than 2% annually, while white-collar efficiency increased by only .4% a year. In the U.S.'s service-oriented economy, the paper chase of the American office is already tying up 25% of the nation's work force, and by 1990 the figure is projected to rise to 40%. The number of workers entering the labor...