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CAPTION: Total value of junk bonds outstanding, in billions, at year-end...
...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 to warn...
...result of a year-end rotation of judges, the case is now before Judge Elizabeth Dolan...
...part of these expanding enterprises, editors are increasingly being evaluated not only on the number of Pulitzers their papers win but also on their ability to produce maximum profits. At some of the country's larger newspaper chains, editors' year-end bonuses are linked, in part, to the bottom line. Sometimes the economic pressures from the business side have a direct bearing on editorial decisions. A publisher seeking "upscale" advertising and readers may apply pressure for upscale stories, says Burgin of the Houston Post. "You write about the chic and the trendy and the jet-setters...
Anxiety over the dollar quashed a year-end stock rally. Just two weeks ago the Dow Jones industrial average broke 2000 for the first time since Nov. 2. But last week the Dow sank 61 points. It closed 1987 at 1938.83, up 43 points for the year...