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...ailing copper and steel industries have long complained that their problems are mainly the result of overseas competition. Last week both industries received some support. In separate decisions, the International Trade Commission, an independent federal agency, ruled that both copper and steel have been seriously injured by low-cost foreign shipments...
Steel manufacturers want to limit imports to no more than 15% of the American market, about 60% of the current level. Copper companies are urging the Government to restrict imports for five years to a level equal to about two-thirds of last year's shipments...
Countertrade has been practiced for centuries. The Indians sold Manhattan Island to the Dutch for some beads, cloth and trinkets, and during World War II Adolf Hitler sent Yugoslavia boxcars of aspirin in return for that country's copper. Low commodity prices and a world credit crunch are causing the back-to-barter boom. In just eight years, countertrade in all its forms has grown from an estimated 2% of world commerce to roughly 33%, according to Business Trend Analysts, a New York consulting firm...
Problems have plagued Diablo Canyon for years. Soon after construction began, geologists discovered that the plant was being built near the Hosgri fault line. Their findings prompted an overhaul of its structural design. In 1976 P G & E had to replace miles of copper tubing when scientists found that sea life near the plant had been killed by toxic runoff from its piping. Then in 1981 construction came to a halt because some blueprints were discovered to have been reversed...
...case you have wondered: magenta, cyan (blue), yellow and black are the basic printing "colors" that are combined to produce almost all other hues, hence the term four-color. Metallic glosses, such as gold, silver and copper, are called fifth colors...