Word: trw
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...TRW, whose computerized credit reports document in exquisite detail the bill- paying habits of 143 million consumers, is running TV ads in New York City and Los Angeles that offer people a peek at their own credit reports. For a $35 annual fee, subscribers get a summary of their TRW files and written notice whenever anyone orders a credit check on them...
Since starting the service a few years ago, TRW has persuaded 600,000 cautious customers to sign up. But privacy experts point out that TRW is selling information that federal law requires it to provide for $2 to $15, depending on the state, or, if consumers have been denied credit in the past 30 days, for free...
...last blank car to win a NASCAR race was when Greg Sacks drove an all-white TRW research-and-development car to an upset victory in the Firecracker 400 on national television. Next week, of course, the TRW car was sporting corporate logos on its body...
...project, called Zenith Star, has never produced a laser beam, let alone a deadly one. The laser generator, which is being developed separately by TRW at an estimated cost of almost $100 million, has been plagued by problems and budget cuts over the past two years. Chemical lasers are widely discredited by scientists, who are dubious about the prospects for turning them into weapons. Moreover, they may never be tested in space because of restrictions imposed by international arms agreements. The aluminum-foil- covered model that Reagan so proudly inspected is, in the words of John Pike of the Federation...
...poverty rate is edging downward (from 13.9% in 1978 to 12.4% last year). One type of means test would cut off benefits for recipients above a certain income level. "There's a big distinction between entitlements for poor people and entitlements for everybody," says Ruben Mettler, chairman of TRW. Another suggested method to get entitlement costs under control would be to reduce the cost-of-living adjustment from 100% of the consumer price index...