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LEAD: Mirroring concern about a sevenfold rise in foreign investment in United States companies in the last decade, Congress is considering a spate of bills that would help the Government assess the extent of foreign ownership and its impact on the economy.
LEAD: THE ECONOMY Congress is considering ways to assess foreign ownership and its impact on the economy, mirroring concern about the rise in foreign investment in the United States in the last decade. [D1.] American companies are rushing to issue new shares with an eagerness not seen since before the October 1987 stock market crash.
LEAD: With big weapons makers like the McDonnell Douglas Corporation laying off thousands of employees and with communities across the country bracing for further cuts in the arms budget, many companies, workers and Government officials are scrambling to find nonmilitary uses for jobs, skills and technology long supported by the
LEAD: The words you are reading are printed in a sober typeface called Imperial, a style created in 1957 and used in The New York Times since July 3, 1967. On the front page of this paper are far older type styles, like those of the headlines over some single-column stories, which are printed in Latin extra condensed, a late 19th century design used in The
LEAD: High Court, High Drama As President Bush studied Supreme Court candidates, he was warned that his decision could divide the nation on the issue of abortion. Page A8. Peres Defeats Challenge Shimon Peres unexpectedly defeated an effort by Yitzhak Rabin to replace him as leader of Israel's opposition Labor Party.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 18, 1990, covering July 23, 1990.
M.C. Hammer
Madonna
New Kids on the Block
Wilson Phillips
Soundtrack
1990Kevin Reynolds, Canadian figure skater[†]
Kevin Reynolds is a retired Canadian figure skater. He is the 2013 Four Continents champion, 2010 Four Continents bronze medallist, 2014 Winter Olympics team silver medallist and a six-time Canadian national medallist. His highest place at a World Championship is fifth, achieved at 2013 World Championships. On the junior level, he is the 2006 JGP Final bronze medallist.
1990Kenjiro Takayanagi, Japanese engineer (born 1899)[†]
Kenjiro Takayanagi was a Japanese engineer and a pioneer in the development of television. Although he failed to gain much recognition in the West, he built the world's first all-electronic television receiver, and is referred to as "the father of Japanese television".
In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[†]