Word: auto
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...collects the record, and Andy Warhol is already at an easel. Rose has refused "all the money in the world" to put Japan at the end of his itinerary. Waggling one of the black Japanese bats he has taken to hiding from souvenir hunters--and perhaps from Reds Owner-Auto Dealer Marge ("Buy American") Schott--Rose says he will not risk his reputation or the glory of his record...
...signs last week that he was ready to make concessions. In fact, he seemed particularly pugnacious as he told a political meeting that if sanctions against South Africa resulted in a cutoff of chromium exports, it would put 1 million Americans out of work and bring Western Europe's auto industry to a standstill. South Africa supplies more than 80% of the U.S. and Europe's chromium, which is used in the manufacture of stainless steel. A spokesman later said Botha's statement was not a threat; he was only pointing out that sanctions can boomerang...
...Avis car-rental company. The entrepreneur, who sold Avis in 1954, said he wants to buy it back from Beatrice, which has owned the business for little more than a year. Avis said he has assembled a group of private, international investors who hope to acquire the auto concern, which operates in more than 100 countries and is worth an estimated $400 million...
...smile on my face this morning," declared United Auto Workers President Owen Bieber at 3 a.m. last Wednesday as he announced a tentative end to the strike by 70,000 of Chrysler's U.S. employees. The weary union leader had good reason to be pleased. In a final, 42-hour bargaining session with Chrysler officials, Bieber won increases in wages and benefits that will put the company's union workers back on a par with their counterparts at Ford and General Motors. The settlement brought an end to the concessions Chrysler's workers made to help the now thriving company...
...auto ban aims to curb a Chinese importing spree Between September 1984 and March 1985, the country's foreign-exchange reserves declined from nearly $17 billion to about $11 billion. The government also hopes to encourage domestic car production...