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With demand for stoves growing, companies are turning out fresh designs that are not only more efficient than the traditional Franklin stove but also a good deal more pleasing to look at. Until recently, imported stoves such as the cigar-shaped Le Petit Godin from France or the futuristic-looking wood burners of Scandinavia have been the industry's pacesetters. Now the slumping dollar is driving up import prices, and people find that they can often get better value with a domestic product like the Vermont-made Downdrafter or the Connecticut-made All Nighter...
...security. The union wanted a cut in the work week from 40 to 35 hours to stem steel layoffs, which have been running at 1,000 a month for four years in an industry that has about 300,000 workers. But with profits sharply down because of import competition, the steelmakers refused. The settlement allows both sides to claim a token victory. Officially the week remains 40 hours, but workers will now get extra time off that will effectively cut their on-the-job time to 38 hours...
...Nonetheless, state-imposed bans on making gas available in new construction have held down the number of residential users, and that is something that the Energy Department would also like changed. So confident has the department become about the availability of domestic gas that last week it rejected import applications for some 2 billion cu. ft. of liquefied natural gas a day from Algeria...
...normal flow. Premier Gholam Reza Azhari went on television to appeal to the oil workers to go back to work, declaring that their strike was "bending the backs of 34 million Iranians." Azhari said he was "ashamed to admit" that petroleum-rich Iran was being forced to import kerosene, which most Iranians use for heating and cooking...
Lead-free gasoline may be good for the atmosphere, but it is not good for much else. About 10% more crude is needed to produce a gallon of unleaded than leaded gas, and that extra margin increases the nation's oil import bill, which once again has begun to grow after showing some brief signs of improving. This year, oil and natural gas imports will swell to $45 billion, up from $42 billion last year. Cornpared with conventional gasoline, unleaded fuel is more expensive to make, costs more at the pump, and gives a lackluster performance under the hood...