Renewing a dynasty: the Eatons move to shore up the family company

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Eaton's, one of Canada's best-known department store clothing retailers, is engaged in a restructuring effort in 1996 in response to stiff competition from US-based discounters. The Eaton family is divesting itself of its interests in various Canadian malls and refocusing on its core businesses.

Management, Canada, Retail trade, Department stores, Eaton's of Canada Ltd.

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Score one for an old-timer

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Leonid Brezhnev's proposal for moratorium on nuclear weapons in Europe was met by refusal from U.S. Some fear Soviet intention to base nuclear weapons in Cuba or Nicaragua. Recently support for a nuclear freeze has been growing.

United States, Europe, Military aspects, Military policy, United States foreign relations, Public opinion, Soviet foreign relations, Soviet Union, Nuclear disarmament, Brezhnev, Leonid

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Golden meltdown: gloom settles over bullion market

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Gold bullion prices hit a 12-year low in Jul 1997. Prospectors will find it more difficult to raise capital for exploration and development while gold producers may not be able to keep open their existing mines.

Gold Ore Mining, Gold ores, Gold Bullion, Finance, Prices and rates, Gold industry, Gold

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