Debate Still Rings On Phone Breakup
Three years after the AT&T divestiture the debate over benefits to users continues. Long distance charges fell while local rates rose as regulators eased costs shifted from long distance. Critics argue residential customers subsidize local services and new ventures.
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Shultz Plans Africa Tour Highlighting Key Stopover
Secretary of State George P. Shultz will begin a sub Saharan Africa trip visiting Senegal Cameroon Kenya Nigeria Ivory Coast and Liberia returning January 15. The journey aims to promote market oriented economies amid aid cut concerns and features visits to Dakar Goree Island and ports at Mombasa.
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Tax effects loom large as 1987 economic question
Washington AP notes the 1987 outlook centers on how a major tax code overhaul will influence spending by households and firms. Economists fear a recession if tax changes curb demand, with some predicting negative first-quarter GDP as buyers rushed to deduct 1986 taxes.
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Michael Evans
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Japan
Douglas Cliggett
Merrill Lynch
Coalition bursts with rare unity against big pay raises
An unlikely alliance of Ralph Nader Paul Weyrich and the National Taxpayers Union condemns a proposed salary boost for Cabinet officers Congress members and federal judges. They warn of protests if Reagan's 1988 budget includes the increases, citing cost and leadership quality concerns.
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National Taxpayers Union
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