One of his tasks will be to reassure business people that the African National Congress has converted from its socialist-inclined past to a more business-friendly economic policy.

To the Editor: "The Clean Water Act at 30" (editorial, Oct. 22) provides more sad testimony of today's business-friendly policies.

Analysts shrugged off its large budget and trade deficits; business-friendly, free-market policies would, they insisted, allow the country to grow out of all that.

It embraces the traditional Republican insistence on lower taxes, smaller government and business-friendly policies.

In a memorandum to Mr. Vacco, the company's lawyers asserted that an indictment would send a message that contradicted his "business-friendly policy."

Grants are given only to cities that can show good fiscal controls and enact business-friendly policies like scaling back rent control.

As Outward Bound's executive director from 1985 to 1995, Udall gained firsthand experience running a business, which informs his work to advocate for business-friendly policies.

Goodfellow hoped that a small but committed party could hold the balance of power in Parliament, and force the government to adopt more business-friendly policies.

The chamber of commerce worked to promote trade and coordinated among its members to set uniform prices for their merchandise besides lobbying with the government for business-friendly policy.

During these two terms, Davis made no particular initiatives of his own, continuing Lincoln's business-friendly fiscal and economic policies.