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an increasing number of <unk> by the soviet press to opposition groups now active in the u.s.s.r. particularly the democratic union <unk> that they show <unk> <unk> and claim that they would be prepared to kill in order to achieve their aims |
it is possible that in <unk> such <unk> the ground is being laid for the arrest of opposition activists on the ground of terrorism |
mr. gorbachev would appear to see his central task however as that of ensuring that foundations of an alliance among labor capital and the state are properly laid before the demands for a <unk> system reach a <unk> |
if he were able to construct a popular and efficient <unk> system he or his heir would be <unk> to rein in political opposition and to <unk> control in eastern europe |
the weaknesses in his plan do not lie in the political calculations mr. gorbachev is a <unk> political leader perhaps one of the greatest but in its economic prescription |
contrary to widespread belief <unk> failed to live up to his promise to make the trains run on time it is doubtful whether <unk> <unk> will make soviet trains run on time or fill the shops with goods that the consumers so desperately <unk> |
miss brady is deputy director of the russian research foundation in london |
new construction contracting climbed N N in september to an annualized $ N billion with commercial industrial and <unk> contracts providing most of the increase according to <unk> dodge group |
through the first nine months of the year the <unk> total of all new construction was $ N billion flat compared with a year earlier |
the south was off N N after the first nine months while the north central region was up N N |
the northeast and west regions were unchanged |
a small decline in total construction for the entire year is possible if contracting for housing does n't increase in response to this year 's lower mortgage rates said george a. christie vice president and chief economist of dodge the forecasting division of publisher mcgraw-hill inc |
the seasonally adjusted dodge index reached N in september its highest level this year from N in august |
the index uses a base of N in N |
newly contracted residential work edged up N N in september to an annualized $ N billion largely because <unk> building rebounded from a very weak august |
at the end of the third quarter there was still no evidence of renewed home building in response to the midyear decline of mortgage rates mr. christie said |
housing has been weak all year and especially so in the past five months |
contracting for <unk> buildings rose N N in september to an annualized $ N billion |
commercial and industrial construction rose sharply partly because of three large projects each expected to cost more than $ N million |
institutional building such as hospitals and schools eased in september following a surge in august |
although the third quarter was the best so far this year for <unk> building weakness early in the year held the nine-month total to $ N billion up just N N from a year earlier |
<unk> and utility projects also known as <unk> contracting grew N N to $ N billion in september but the nine-month total of $ N billion was down N N from a year earlier |
the sept. N end of the federal fiscal year may have <unk> contractors to get any <unk> road and bridge construction under way before the <unk> ran out mr. christie said referring to threatened N N across-the-board budget cuts |
a monthly construction contract values are reported on an annualized seasonally adjusted basis |
moody 's investors service inc. said it lowered ratings on long-term debt of cs first boston inc. the holding company of wall street giant first boston corp. because of first boston 's aggressive merchant banking risk in highly leveraged takeovers |
in downgrading cs first boston 's subordinated domestic <unk> and swiss debt to single-a-3 from single-a-2 moody 's is matching a move made by the other major credit rating concern standard & poor 's corp. several months ago |
moody 's also confirmed the <unk> rating its highest on cs first boston 's commercial paper or short-term corporate <unk> |
in addition moody 's said it downgraded financiere credit <unk> boston 's senior and subordinated swiss debt to single-a-2 from single-a-1 and lowered financiere <unk> n.v. 's junior subordinated perpetual <unk> guaranteed by financiere credit suisse first boston to single-a-3 from single-a-2 |
about $ N million of long-term debt is affected according to moody 's |
a spokesman for cs first boston said we remain committed to a full range of businesses including merchant banking |
we think that the ratings revision is unfortunate but not unexpected |
our commitment to manage these businesses profitably will continue |
first boston 's merchant banking risks mounted last month as highly leveraged campeau corp. first boston 's most lucrative client of the decade was hit by a cash squeeze and the high-risk junk bond market tumbled |
first boston incurred millions of dollars of losses on campeau securities it owned as well as on special securities it could n't sell |
first boston financings for several other highly leveraged clients including ohio <unk> unraveled as the high-risk junk bond market plummeted |
moody 's said its rating changes actions reflect cs first boston 's aggressive merchant banking risk as well as the risk profile of its current merchant banking exposures |
it said cs first boston has consistently been one of the most aggressive firms in merchant banking and that a very significant portion of the firm 's profit in recent years has come from merchant <unk> business |
moody 's believes that the uncertain environment for merchant banking could put pressure on cs first boston 's performance the rating concern said citing continued problems from the firm 's exposures to various <unk> firms and to ohio <unk> |
these two exposures alone represent a very substantial portion of cs first boston 's equity moody 's said |
total merchant banking exposures are in excess of the firm 's equity |
quotron systems inc. plans to cut about N or N N of its N employees over the next several months |
this action will continue to keep operating expenses in line with revenue said j. david <unk> president and chief executive officer of los angeles-based quotron |
the move by the financial information and services subsidiary of citicorp is a response to changing conditions in the retail securities industry which has been contracting since october N 's stock market crash the executive added |
quotron which citicorp purchased in N provides price quotations for securities particularly stocks |
quotron also provides trading and other systems services for brokerage firms and <unk> services |
independent <unk> of financial information including quotron have been under some pressure as the major securities houses try to regain their hold on the production of market data and on the related revenue |
shearson goldman sachs & co. morgan stanley & co. and salomon inc. are discussing formation of a group to sell <unk> data |
the job cuts to be made in a number of areas at various job levels are a streamlining of operations a spokeswoman said |
the company has no immediate plans to close any operations she said but quotron may <unk> some work that it has been doing in-house including <unk> and production of quotron N equipment used in delivering financial data |
the spokeswoman said the move is n't directly a response to quotron 's loss of its two biggest customers merrill lynch & co. and american express co. 's shearson lehman hutton inc. to automated data processing inc. earlier this year |
the spokeswoman noted that last week kidder peabody & co. the securities subsidiary of general electric co. chose a quotron subsidiary to provide <unk> services |
and oct. N quotron said it will market the automated trading system of broker-dealer <unk> government securities inc |
quotron is n't profitable on citicorp 's books because of the interest charges the new york bank holding company incurred in buying the <unk> concern for $ N million says ronald i. <unk> analyst for sanford c. bernstein & co |
but citicorp does view quotron as being crucial to the financial-services business in the 1990s the analyst added |
this past summer quotron sold its <unk> unit <unk> N to phoenix technologies inc. a closely held <unk> firm in valley forge pa |
terms were n't disclosed |
the oakland athletics ' four-game sweep over the san francisco giants in the world series may widen <unk> losses that the abc network will incur on the current final year of its baseball contract |
the N series disrupted by a devastating earthquake and diminished in national interest because both teams came from the san francisco bay area is likely to end up as the <unk> series of this decade and probably since the event has been broadcast |
the first three games were seen by an average of only N N of u.s. homes a sharp decline from the N N rating for last year 's series |
a final ratings tally from a.c. nielsen co. is due today |
the sweep by the <unk> whose <unk> and <unk> <unk> dominated the <unk> giants will only make things worse for abc owned by capital cities\/abc inc |
the network had been expected to have losses of as much as $ N million on baseball this year |
it is n't clear how much those losses may widen because of the short series |
had the contest gone a full seven games abc could have <unk> an extra $ N million in ad sales on the seventh game alone compared with the ad take it would have received for regular prime-time shows |
abc had based its budget for baseball on a <unk> series |
a network spokesman would n't comment and abc sports officials declined to be interviewed |
but some industry executives said abc in anticipation of a four-game sweep limited its losses by <unk> up the number of commercials it aired in the third and fourth games |
a world series <unk> typically carries N <unk> commercials but by the fourth game abc was <unk> in N to N ads to generate extra revenue |
abc 's baseball experience may be of interest to cbs inc. which next season takes over the broadcasting of all baseball playoffs in a four-year television contract priced at $ N billion |
cbs sports president neal pilson has conceded only that cbs will have a loss in the first year |
but other industry executives contend the losses could reach $ N million over four years and could go even higher if the world series end in four-game <unk> |
the series typically is among the <unk> sports events on television |
last year 's series broadcast by general electric co. 's nbc was the <unk> series in four years instead of featuring a major east coast team against a west coast team it <unk> the los angeles <unk> against the losing oakland <unk> |
abc 's hurdle was even higher this year with two teams from the same area |
the series got off to a <unk> start oct. N with a N N rating the next night it drew N N of homes |
then came the earthquake and a damaging delay of N days |
some people had hoped abc 's ratings would go up because of the intense focus on the event in the aftermath of the earthquake |
an analyst 's opinion to that effect even sent capital cities\/abc shares soaring two weeks ago |
but interest instead decreased |
the third game last friday night drew a disappointing N rating |
bargain <unk> helped stock prices break a <unk> losing streak while bond prices and the dollar inched higher |
the dow jones industrial average gained N points to N in light trading after losing more than N points last week |
bond prices continued to edge higher in anticipation of more news showing a slower economy |
although the dollar rose slightly against most major currencies the focus in currency markets was on the beleaguered british pound which gained slightly against the dollar |
trading volume on the new york stock exchange <unk> to only N million shares yesterday as major brokerage firms continued to throw in the towel on program trading |
kidder peabody became the most recent firm to <unk> off stock-index arbitrage trading for its own account and merrill lynch late yesterday took the major step of <unk> the trading strategy even for its clients |
yet that did n't eliminate program trading from the market |
the dow industrials shot up N points in the opening hour at least in part because of buy programs generated by stock-index arbitrage a form of program trading involving futures contracts |
but interest <unk> as the day wore on and investors looked ahead to the release later this week of two important economic reports |
the first is wednesday 's survey of purchasing managers considered a good indicator of how the nation 's manufacturing sector fared in october |
the other is friday 's measure of october employment an indicator of the broader economy 's health |
both are expected to show continued <unk> which would be good for bonds and bad for stocks |
in major market activity stock prices rose in light trading |
but declining issues on the new york stock exchange outnumbered gainers N to N and broader market indexes were virtually unchanged |
bond prices <unk> higher |
the treasury 's benchmark 30-year bond gained about an eighth of a point or about $ N for each $ N face amount |
the yield on the issue slipped to N N |
the dollar gained |
in late new york trading the dollar was quoted at N marks and N yen compared with N marks and N yen friday |
the british pound pressured by last week 's resignations of key thatcher administration officials nevertheless rose monday to $ N from friday 's $ N |
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