Don’t Buy First Home Too Quickly
Dear Bruce offers readers guidance on buying their first home, co signing, and roommate options while warning against risky mortgage decisions. A separate reader asks about excessive wear charges on a car lease and how to document vehicle condition before turning it in.
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Bruce
Cosan
Rome
I.K
Hollywood
Fla
Truck safety tape costs eyed at $500 million
The trucking industry faces a potential $500 million bill to fit reflective striped tape on 3.6 million trailers if FHWA expands visibility rules to in service equipment. At $125 to $150 per trailer, costs would cover materials and labor as NHTSA already requires tape on new units since December 1, 1993.
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New York
Journal of Commerce
Federal Highway Administration
FHWA
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Safety concerns cited in auto recalls rise in 1993
Nearly 11 million vehicles were recalled in 1993, a 17 year high, yet officials say quality not declining. Government and industry monitoring point to more detailed investigations and proactive recalls, with GM leading at 4 million recalls followed by Ford and Honda. Roughly a third of recalls remain unrepaired.
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Detroit
Bill Boehly
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Boehly
Auto Service Monitor
Local Stocks Report Mixed At Close
The local stock page shows mixed results with grains ticking prices. Soybeans rise to 8.60 per bushel while corn and wheat firm. closing figures include oats at 1.50 and soybeans at 8.60. Farm business details reference Burwin Comparaive Associ. and local grain trades.
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Ora County Farm
Burwin
Matkat Wera
Sheted Com
Oata. Ion, Inc
Jocal Grain
Banking overhaul movement softens under Fed pressure
The Clinton administration scales back its plan to merge federal banking regulation into one agency. Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen says the Fed will remain a major regulator for large banks while smaller bank holding companies lose direct oversight. The Fed has not endorsed the latest proposal, and negotiations continue as officials aim to trim regulatory costs by 15 to 20 percent.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Clinton
Fed
Treasury
Lloyd Bentsen
Federal Reserve
Senate Banking Committee
Frank N. Newman
Newman
Federal Banking Commission
Office of Thrift Supervision
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Federal Reserve System
Kidron Auction consignments span hogs cattle and crops
The Kidron Auction lists 932 hogs and 1,179 feeder pigs with varied weights and prices, plus butcher sows, boars, calves, dairy cattle, cows, bulls, feeder cattle, sheep and goats. Also reports loads of hay and straw, cutting hay prices, oats, corn, and firewood per load.
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Kidron
Invacare posts record earnings and sales for year and quarter
Invacare Corp reports fourth quarter earnings of 51 cents per share and full year 1.50, with net income 75 million for Q4 and 22.1 million for the year on 365.4 million in net sales. Chairman A Malachi Mixon III credits strong domestic sales and expense control as European markets stabilize. Strongsville notes a first quarter dividend of 11 cents per share, paid March 30 to shareholders of record March 15, marking 15th consecutive year of higher payout.
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New ‘York
Ta Amd
Sve
Telex
Amey
Ameca
Boeing
CapHid
Wille
Cate
ScuPac
Henan
Elyria — Invacare Corp
A. Malachi Mixon III
Strongsville
Central Reserve Life Corp
Fred Lick
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