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...which interest rates should go: down. For months Treasury Secretary James Baker has been exhorting other governments to stoke their economies by lowering their rates. One reason: healthy growth in other countries will boost U.S. exports. Last week Baker got some results. The West German central bank lowered its discount rate, the amount it charges on loans to other financial institutions, from 4% to 3.5%. Japan then announced a similar cut, its second since January. Hours later, the Federal Reserve Board dropped the U.S. discount rate from 7.5% to 7%, the lowest level since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Economy: Easier Money, Scarcer Jobs | 3/17/1986 | See Source »

CURRENT CHARGES LONG DISTANCE CALLS $204.25 INTERNATIONAL CALLS 11,193.05 BONUS DISCOUNT 758.60CR FEDERAL EXCISE TAX 319.16 TOTAL CURRENT CHARGES...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: $15,000 Bill Shocks Student | 3/4/1986 | See Source »

Today, however, Freeport has become a discount shopper's mecca...

Author: By David S. Graham, | Title: L.L.Bean | 3/3/1986 | See Source »

...DISCOUNT PACKAGES of Premium Services up to 25 percent from a la carte prices...

Author: By Maia E. Harris, | Title: Getting Harvard Wired for Cable TV | 2/26/1986 | See Source »

BUSINESS NOTES RETAILING COUPONS FOR THE COMPUTER AGE BUNDLED TOGETHER AND STUFFED INTO WALLETS OR PURSES. NOW DISCOUNT COUPONS, WHICH ARE USED BY SOME 80% OF U.S. HOUSEHOLDS TO LIGHTEN THE LOAD OF GROCERY BILLS, ARE ENTERING THE HIGH-TECH ERA. MANY SHOPPERS IN THE NEW YORK, SEATTLE, SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES AREAS CAN GET COUPONS QUICKLY AND NEATLY FROM NEW COMPUTERIZED...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Notes Feb 3,1986 | 2/3/1986 | See Source »

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