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...consumer and our dealers be led astray, may I correct the statement in your story "Max Troubles for Betamax" [Jan. 16] that indicates Toshiba has abandoned Beta? On the contrary, Beta is still being sold by Toshiba in both the U.S. and Japan. With the advent of Beta hi-fi and Beta movies, Toshiba's business in this videotape system is booming...
...industrial countries recently negotiated numerous "voluntary" agreements to limit commerce. The European Community, for example, promised the U.S. to hold steel exports to an average of only 5.4% of the American market. Europe won assurances from the Japanese that they would restrain exports of autos, light trucks, quartz watches, hi-fi equipment, computer-controlled machine tools and television tubes. Japan also agreed to put a 1.68 million ceiling on its auto shipments to the U.S. for the third straight year. The Geneva-based trade organization GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) estimates that roughly half of world commerce...
...fines. Her alleged crime: consistently checking in to her office at 11 a.m. and leaving at 1 p.m., thus working only two of the six daily hours required. Alessandro Vigneri, 29, police claim, should have been handling baggage at Fiumicino Airport instead of working in his own elegant hi-fi store in nearby Ostia, when the cops showed up to woof and tweet...
Weinberger does his pondering in a third-floor Pentagon office, which is dominated by Titian's Titian and Assistant, on loan from the National Gallery. Among his redecorating touches: adding some antique military swords to his office and installing a hi-fi system. The Secretary likes to contemplate the nation's security to classical music. He generally arrives at work between 7:30 and 8 a.m. He puts in twelve hours and returns home with a full briefcase for postdinner consideration. He lives in a $750,000 town house near Washington's Embassy Row with his wife of 38 years...
...sign up for at least a 60-day wait at major audio outlets. In the Boston area, the waiting period can be up to 30 days, and some dealers require the full locally discounted price of $170 to reserve the mini-Mozart machine. Says Harvard Square's Tech Hi-Fi Sound Consultant Douglas Corley: "Our sales depend only on how fast they can build them." Some 30 other manufacturers have rushed more than 50 competing models onto the market, ranging from $60 to $300. Some units, like the KLH Solo and Toshiba KT-52, have FM stereo radios...