Word: buyer
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...paid to ship a car from West Germany and adapt it to U.S. safety and emission standards. Example: a Mercedes 500 SEL, when bought from an authorized dealer in the U.S., is about $52,000. The same model bought in West Germany and imported by a U.S. buyer goes for some $40,000 after the extra charges. American auto dealers sometimes refuse to service a modified car or take one in trade. But as long as that huge price difference exists, the freelance importers will continue buying abroad...
Over in the stationery department, buyer Philip A. Bakirakis says that all day he does nothing but restock greeting cards--the Coop offers more than 400 running feet of card displays in 1500 different holidays styles. The store also keeps more than 2300 rolls of gift wrap on the floor at one time, and for those who just can't wield scissors and Scotch tape the Coop offers free gift wrapping for purchases of $15 or more...
...boardrooms during the 1970s, when the companies were trying to stash away their megaprofits in ventures that would pay off in leaner times. But now, just when the investments should be ripening, many have turned up sour. Last week Exxon said that it is trying to find a buyer for its moribund office-equipment division, an enterprise that has cost the company some $100 million. When Exxon challenged Xerox, IBM and Wang by introducing its Vydec word processors, Qyx typewriters and Qwip facsimile transmitters in the late 1970s, the innovative machines drew praise. But the oil company failed to follow...
...female teachers and becoming aware of the growing feminist movement, "I started asking myself about women's rights," recalls Allred, "and I started asking what rights we didn't have." She had several personal experiences to draw on. While at N.Y.U. she had worked as a buyer at Gimbels department store. She earned $75 a week, while a man doing the same job got $90 "because he had a family. Well, so did I - an infant daughter...
...cosmetic companies use to test the toxicity of their products--injecting the product directly into the eyes of laboratory animals. It is safe to assume that this lobby is equally assertive on other questions of 'regulation and, apparently, equally effective. Without public pressure Congress is willing to "let the buyer beware" when it comes to cosmetics...