Nakasone calls auto export jump an error in judgment
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone described the March 28 auto export increase to the United States as an error in judgment about American attitudes. He noted hindsight, pledged to push broader market openness, and said restraint was needed to avoid further surges beyond 2.7 million cars if restrictions were removed.
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Yasuhiro Nakasone
Japan
United States
U.S
Congress
Nakasone urges open markets to boost Japan US trade
Japanese Prime Minister Nakasone directs ministries to back imports and override bureaucratic resistance as Tokyo unveils a package to open markets in telecommunications electronics wood and pharmaceuticals. He urges consumers to buy foreign goods to trim a 1984 trade surplus of 4 billion dollars. Murata proposes a five point plan to spur imports via 60 top firms holds import fairs and expands aid. Mansfield meets LDP leaders urging action for long term gains.
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Nakasone
Japan
England
Italy
France
Tazora
Germany
Keijiro Murata
International Trade and Industry
Mike Mansfield
U.S
Washington
Reagan
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Democratic Party
Hirano
Japanese buyers weigh quality in foreign goods push
Tokyo shoppers echo Prime Minister Nakasone urging more imports, stressing quality over origin. Consumers like Kaoru Higuchi and Keiko Tezuka seek reliable, well made items, while officials note Japan’s trade surplus and the lure of luxury imports.
Deaf baker's cookie business a success in New Jersey
West Orange reports Gimmee Jimmy's Cookies runs as a high tech deaf operation. Ellen Libman, 28, designed a flashing light system guiding 12 workers, nine of whom are deaf. The bakery, started with a $70,000 SBA loan, now supplies 50 accounts in New York and New Jersey with cookies priced 6.90 to 7.50 a pound, aiming to double sales this year.
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N.J
Gimmee Jimmy's
Ellen Libman
Jimmy
Libman
Cody
Libmans
Lipman
Lou Ann Walker
Gimmee Jimmy
C&P to replace key-punched bills with new payment page
C&P Telephone Co of Maryland will begin issuing a new payment page on the first bill page around April 20. The page, readable by optical scanners, will capture account numbers balances and amounts due and will replace the old key-punched cards. The change is part of cost cutting and includes nine digit ZIP codes to speed mail sorting. AT&T Information Systems will begin direct billing for leased equipment in May.
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C&p Telephone Co
Maryland
Nancy Perry
C&p Conusmer
C&p
Ms. Perry
Post Office
CLP
At&t Information Systems
At&t
Market gains small as trading slows on takeover talk
The Dow rose 1.89 to 1,285.68 with a weekly gain of 6.63 points as NYSE volume slipped to 86.22 million shares. The composite index advanced 0.21 to 104.64 and S P 400 gained 0.38 to 201.10. Nasdaq climbed to 280.63 while Amex closed at 230.48, down 0.24.
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New York Stock Exchange
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GE wins Air Force contract despite Pentagon freeze
The Air Force awarded GE Space Systems Division a 4.36 million contract for planning and support of two defense communications satellites under a national security exception. A separate 422.9 million award to CFM International, a GE joint venture, covers 191 jet engines for KC-135 tankers, including 12 for France. The awards come despite a GE suspension from new Pentagon contracts due to a federal indictment for defrauding the government over a nuclear warhead system.
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General Electric Co
Pentagon
Air Force
CFM International
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Ohio
Space Systems Division
King of Prussia
France
Verne Orr
General Electric
Philadelphia
Orr
U.S. Air Force
Jack Batty
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