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...gets a 33-page monthly catalogue listing nearly 4,000 products from which he or she can order. The customer then phones it in to a computer operator, who checks the availability and current price of the products, gives the price of the order and assigns a color-coded pickup zone where the bags will be waiting...
...chorus of skeptical murmurs. But Motley's brand of eager and enterprising informality was well suited to his birthplace. He not only silenced his detractors but also charmed an impressive number of high-level Brazilians, all in fluent Portuguese. Sometimes driving out to the country in his pickup for drinks with Brazil's President João Baptista Figueiredo, he was instrumental in arranging state visits between Figueiredo and Reagan...
...outbreak of optimism could lead to a pickup in spending on everything from video games to station wagons. For three straight months, a record number of families have told the Michigan researchers that they thought the time was right to buy a new car. In addition, the survey reports that the number of people who believe that it is a good time to buy a home now matches the peak year of 1977. One reason for their confidence: mortgage rates now average about 13%, down from a peak of 18% in October...
...period last year. That will be the first time since 1979 that the Big Three automakers have made money in the first quarter. For early April, car sales roared 32% ahead of a year ago, paced by General Motors with a 55% increase. As a result of the sales pickup, GM last week announced plans to recall 16,000 laid-offautoworkers...
Japan has been prodding Toyota for some time to begin producing cars in the U.S. to help ease trade tensions between the two countries. The company has been slow to move, although Honda Motor Co. is assembling Accord subcompacts in Ohio, and Nissan Motor Co. will build pickup trucks later this year in Tennessee. Growing protectionist sentiment in the U.S. may have given Toyota a nudge. The new venture will give the company greater access to the U.S. market. Fearing an American clampdown on their autos, the Japanese agreed to limit exports to the U.S. for the past two years...