Word: business
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
FRANCE, despite General de Gaulle's campaign to keep "Europe for the Europeans," remains "a high-priority country in which to start a new busi ness." In fact, there have been more new investments in France recently than in any other Common Market country. The French want investments that introduce new technology, raise exports, reduce imports, help develop certain regions...
...epicenter and embodiment of American life. In its Promethean ambit of inter ests, its cultural diversity and kinetic verve, the city's heart sets the pace for the rest of the nation, and indeed much of the world. It is an unrivaled func tional framework for finance and busi ness, a rich lode of pleasure, a superb showcase for art, theater, music, fashion. At the same time, the "oceanic amplitude of these great cities," as Walt Whitman rhapsodized in 1870, has cast up a titanic tide of troubles...
...events a night. The best shotputter in the U.S. at the moment is a 34-year-old bank vice president who can't get within 2 ft. of the world's record. The best two-milers include an Arizona sci ence teacher and a Massachusetts busi nessman. And the 4-min. 15-sec. mile is no exaggeration: that is what New Zealand's John Davies clocked when he won the event at the Philadelphia In quirer Games...
Merger is a magic word in U.S. busi ness, but finding the right mate is harder for a company than for a bachelor...
Although still in its infancy, time sharing is already being used by busi ness, government and universities. Bos ton's Raytheon Co. prepares contract proposals, and Arthur D. Little solves problems in applied mechanics through a time-sharing system run by Cambridge's Bolt Beranek & Newman. An other time-sharing firm, Keydata, will soon take up the problems of Boston distributors of liquor, books, automo- bile parts and building materials. Con trol Data, which introduced two time-shared computers last week, will open the U.S.'s biggest sharing center in Los Angeles next year. General Electric...