U S Services Boost Trade Image With Japan Surplus
The United States shows a growing services surplus with Japan and global markets, potentially exceeding 50 billion in 1998 data. Commerce Department will start including services in its monthly trade summary to better reflect competitiveness across goods and services, despite ongoing frictions in insurance and banking.
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U.S
America
United States
Japan
Dra
Commerce Department
Larry Moran
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Gasoline price slips by a penny in survey
The Lundberg Survey shows the national average at 110.06 cents per gallon for all grades and services, down eight tenths of a cent from February 11. Self Serve and Full Serve prices are listed by grade, with regular unleaded at 102.80 and 142.86 cents respectively.
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Los Angeles
Lundberg
Ebay
New York
Hanson
Tucaep
Fya
LNB Bancorp
HmaDp
Lesca Inc
Mic-Am. Inc
Ye Kmart
Nordson
Northern
Ohio Edison
P.N.C. Corp
Smuckers
SJMA
Sunrise Medical
Ter A. Das
Texas Utilities
York International
Persortho
Bet
Prin Ve
Alied Corporation
Cen Ie
Chrysler
Columbia Gas
Poe
CPC Inter. Inc
Society
Aia
Nor Ya Firat Bancorp
SwAle ‘BouPao Nt
General Motors
Goodrich
Lorain firms plan to hire in second quarter survey
Lorain County employers expect to sustain hiring in April through June with 20 percent of local companies surveyed planning new hires. Manufacturing wholesaling and retailing are most likely to add staff, and no local firm foresees cuts. National results show 27 percent hiring and seven percent cutting.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Manpower Inc
Louise Tillack
Midway Boulevard
Tillack
Midwest
Hospitals a hiring godsend for jobless in the cities
Brooklyn's Brookdale Hospital drew thousands to apply for 300 new positions as health care becomes the main growth industry in inner city neighborhoods. The piece notes health care employment soared citywide, with 330,000 new hires in three years, while other private sector jobs fell. It cites Kings County Hospital and Harlem Hospital as major employers in their areas and discusses immigrant women filling roles.
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Brooklyn
N.Y
Brookdale Hospital
Flatbush
Brownsville
Rockaway Parkway
Gowanus Bay
New York City
New York
White House
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Margaret $. Wigglesworth
Coalition of Service Industries
Washington
Richard King
San Diego
Patrick T
Harker
University of Pennsylvania
Wharton School of Business
Figgie
Cleveland
Figgie International Inc
Dpa
U.S. Security Associates Inc
Morristown
N.J
Chicago
Chuck Humel
Chronicle
Pounders Cafe
E. Bridge St
Buck Nevins
Larry
Beth Harrison
John Smink
Steve Schroeder
Dean DiLuciano
Pounders
The
Washington Post
Mathew Drennan
New York University
Manhattan
Washington Heights
Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital
Harlem
Harlem Hospital
South Bronx
Bronx-Lebanon Hospital
King’s County Hospital
Brookdale
Bunt
Navy
American Heart Association
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