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Hannah Choi '01, chair of the IOP's conferences committee, said the decision to focus on the issue of minority representation was made last year in hope of culminating a year-long series of IOP events which dealt with race...
...come credible reports that the Chinese government, facing unprecedented deflation in the rest of Asia, is preparing to renege on its year-long pledge not to devalue the renminbi. China has earned credit overseas for holding its currency steady, providing some stability in the region. But as its export growth and foreign investment slow under competitive pressures, Beijing seems to be nearing its pain threshold. According to an economist with access to China's leaders, they are contemplating an early 1999 devaluation that could reach 30%, depending on how far the Japanese yen drops. With the rest of Asia struggling...
Paine Webber's stock has dropped some 40 percent from a year-long high in mid-August to its current level at the end of trading Friday, but a spokesperson said the stock's volatility would have "no effect" on the company's recruiting plans...
Although Proctor & Gamble's stock price has declined some 30 percent from a year-long high in July, the company is expressing nothing but optimism...
...thing Clinton has been able to get others to do this year is talk. The President sees his year-long national conversation on race as a major legacy item. But the heart-to-heart won't amount to much unless Clinton moves to address the plight of the urban poor, whose misery helps reinforce pernicious racial stereotypes. Late last year the Democratic Leadership Council, the centrist group Clinton helped launch in 1985, urged the President to back up his race initiative with "the first coherent urban strategy since the Johnson Administration." If he were to work with the new crop...