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...ever-optimistic mayor of Brigham City, Utah, home of a Thiokol plant, said, "It was an unfortunate incident, we have had an awfully good safety record in the past." He added "You can't discount the fact that we have had 24 successful launches...
Actually, it's easy to discount that fact. Especially when you consider that during the course of several of those launches, O-rings were dangerously eroded, and Morton-Thiokol knew...
...report that called for Japan to restructure its economy to be less dependent on exports. The government announced in September a $23 billion economic package to stimulate growth through increased allocations for public works and housing subsidies. In late October the central Bank of Japan cut its discount rate, the interest charged on loans to commercial banks, from 3.5% to 3%. It was the fourth cut this year. Officials are now studying tax reforms to spark consumer spending. Says James Vestal, senior economist with Britain's Baring Securities: "The government will facilitate change, and it will be a rocky road...
Other stores, including the coop andPennsylvania Company, are having discount sales toincrease their profits. Urban Outfitters willcontinue to sponsor a sale every week from nowuntil Christmas, said Sheila M. Carey, assistantmanager
...goods produced by its sister company, London-based Lever Bros. Ltd. (Both are subsidiaries of Unilever, a British-Dutch consortium.) In 1983 the American Lever Bros. was enjoying splashy sales of its Shield deodorant soap and Sunlight dishwashing detergent when products with the same names began appearing at discount prices. Manufactured by the British Lever Bros., the soaps had been shipped to the U.S. by unauthorized middlemen. The U.S. firm complains that the British products have proved unsuited to American tastes and have thus driven away customers, costing it $5 million in sales. One charge: the British Shield is less...