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...economic experts saw some modest encouragement in the continuing strength of the world's other leading economies. During the 1973-75 downturn, nearly all industrial countries marched lockstep into a deep recession, knocking world trade flat and devastating export industries. Yet in the present situation only the U.S. and Britain are reeling. The economies of most of Continental Europe and Japan remain relatively buoyant, with inflation under greater control. This should help U.S. exports and give new strength to the American dollar. Said Heller: "One of the upbeat aspects of a downbeat economy is that real exports will improve...
...company's Venezuelan oilfields were nationalized. Profits plummeted 86%. Mason halted his buying splurge, sold off some land, eventually closed such losers as WomenSports, a magazine launched by Tennis Star Billie Jean King and her husband, and merged American Home with Redbook. Out of that reorganization emerged the present Gaul-like structure of three parts...
...purchases made with old-fashioned folding money. At Pure Gold, a jewelry boutique in Atlanta, the response to a 10% cash discount has been "terrific," according to a saleswoman. Last week the House of Representatives gave further encouragement to the trend by voting to lift cash-discount restrictions. At present some states limit to 5% the discounts offered as incentives for payment in cash...
...editorial staff members of Le Monde (circ. 500,000), the most influential journal in France, last week elected their next director, Claude Julien, 55. After a tutorial two years under present Director Jacques Fauvet, 66, Julien will take over the paper in 1982, serving as chief editor and publisher, a position of major influence in the Fifth Republic. Founded in 1944 by Hubert Beuve-Méry, who was designated its first director by Charles de Gaulle, Le Monde is required daily reading for French government officials and diplomats around the world. Mixing first-rate reporting with a heavy dose...
Most questions are answered in due time. In the Richlerian calendar this means flipping back and forth from Montreal of the '30s and '40s, London and Spain of the '50s and la belle province of the present...