Word: willfully
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Both Oscar-winning stars are known for their charitable work and have high credibility with consumers. Ad-industry sources speculate that their commercials will be cause-related, perhaps addressing the environment. The prime beneficiary, though, is Amex, which can use the big box-office names to counter Visa's $8.5...
There's nothing like teaming up with a $100 billion company to improve one's prospects. Or so Swedish automaker Saab-Scania AB hopes. Saab last week agreed to sell General Motors a 50% interest in its car-making operations, which had 1988 sales of $2.6 billion, for some $600...
GM was a latecomer to the Saab wooing game, which began when Ford started courting the company earlier this year. After the collapse of those negotiations, auto-industry analysts expected Italy's Fiat to be the winning suitor. For Saab-Scania, which lost $123 million on its car-making operations...
Amid the gravest labor shortage to afflict Japan in 15 years, the Diet has taken a step that could deepen the dearth. In a vote that critics attacked as a sign of Japanese insularity, legislators approved a crackdown on companies that employ any of the more than 100,000 unskilled...
Supporters of the law argue that Japan cannot provide basic services such as education and medical care to the unskilled immigrants, who are concentrated in low-paying construction and manufacturing jobs that Japanese often shun. But opponents charge that the crackdown will "push Asian laborers into even more inferior working...