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Under the agreement, Mexican gas will be imported by a consortium of U.S. pipeline companies. Initial imports will represent about 8 per cent of total gas imports...
Radcliffe sent an alumna to that meeting to vote in favor of the proposal, Gardiner said. Although the bank's management opposed the resolution, an "astounding" 5 to 6 per cent of the shareholders voted for it, Gardiner said. Proposals opposed by management usually receive much less support, he added...
Although the price for Mexican gas will be higher than what U.S. companies now pay for Canadian gas, Julius Katz, assistant secretary of State, siad yesterday the higher price would be "hardly noticeable" because it will represent only 0.5 per cent or U.S. consumption...
...three government agencies responsible for monitoring food are doing. They've found some disturbing answers. The House Commerce Oversight Committee points out that "a distressingly large number" of chemicals known to leave meat residues simply aren't looked for by the USDA, probably because less than 1 per cent of USDA's total inspection budget is devoted to residue monitoring. In addition, the USDA uses a "wholly inadequate" data base to determine permissible levels of chemical residues. Called the Total Diet Study, the data consists of a mere 30 supposedly representitive grocery carts of food, which the USDA uses...
Private farmers are still a large force in Cuban agriculture, working 19 per cent of the land and producing 30 per cent of the tobacco, 25 per cent of the sugar, and 40 per cent of the fruit crop. So far, the decision to sell has been a totally voluntary one. Nevertheless, because an independent farmer can sell his produce only to the government, which unilaterally sets prices, the state can make a community like Jibacoa a farmer's only viable economic alternative. It seems clear that the state eventually plans to control all agricultural production...