Keepers of the cloth cap
Article Abstract:
British Labour Party leader John Smith's modernization plans to make the party electable will meet stiff resistance from his constituents in the Monklands District in Scotland. They are used to high spending and buying votes with jobs for friends and family.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1993
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Not so green green-keepers
Article Abstract:
The government of Barbados is considering the conversion of farmlands into ten golf courses. The sugar plantations of Barbados have become largely unprofitable, while golf courses attract hotels and other profitable business ventures.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Keepers of the (red) flame
Article Abstract:
Booksellers who sell mainly books on communism and marxism are having twin problems. With the demise of the Soviet Union, stock is hard to replenish, and interest in communist literature is on the wane.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
- Abstracts: Rotten to the core? Russia. How it works: Denmark. Nothing rotten in Denmark any more
- Abstracts: Japan spins off. Togetherness: America's car makers
- Abstracts: Visitors to the middle kingdom. All to strive for. The writing on the Great Wall
- Abstracts: On the mend: British banks. Udder madness: British insolvency reform. Good news is bad news: British banks
- Abstracts: GATT's next mountain? Company taxes. What the taxman takes