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Managers of the 2,200-room resort, the largest hotel in the Caribbean, do not expect to rent the Galactica Suite every night. They may allow some high- rolling gamblers to stay there for free. Smaller-time players will have to settle for the resort's more conventional rooms, which start at $175 a night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RESORTS: Posh Enough For You? | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

Spooked by a burst of inflation at home and worrisome economic signals abroad, the stock market suffered an anxiety attack last week. On Friday the Dow Jones industrial average plunged 71.46 points, the largest single-day decline since the 190-point minicrash on Friday, Oct. 13. Last week's loss sent the Dow to 2689.21, down 84.04 for the week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WALL STREET: Bad News Bulls | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

Washington and Tokyo commended the action and moved closer to resuming normal ties. Japan, the largest provider of economic assistance to China, announced that it was sending an envoy to Beijing to discuss resuming negotiations on pending loans. In the U.S., President Bush called China's decision "a very sound step," and Washington immediately softened its blanket opposition to World Bank loans to China...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China Blue Smoke and Mirrors | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

...Exxon plagued by bad luck or a bad attitude? After suffering three major accidents in just the past ten months, the largest U.S. oil company is earning a reputation as a careless and callous despoiler of the environment. Last week Exxon ran into a storm of criticism from New York State and New Jersey authorities when it was disclosed that the company's shoddy equipment and poor maintenance procedures helped cause one of the largest oil spills in the region's history. On New Year's Day a 12-in. pipeline running under the Arthur Kill waterway, which separates Staten...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exxon's Attitude Problem | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

...very young and the very poor live. The middle class works in the city but doesn't live there. Those enormous central offices we have built in the post-World War II period are, I think, very largely going to be counterproductive. The clerical work will move out. Our largest single pool of labor in the years ahead will be older people and part-time employees, and they aren't going to commute four hours to work. This is soon going to be a problem all over the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PETER DRUCKER: Facing the Totally New and Dynamic | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

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