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...following is a partial transcript of Judge Reinhold's remarks before the Senate...
More important, price is not the only factor in international buying decisions. Many U.S. goods simply do not satisfy foreigners' tastes or meet their quality standards; these products will not sell overseas even if they become cheaper. By the same token, American consumers partial to Toyota cars, Krups kitchen appliances, Rossignol skis and Gucci shoes will not easily be discouraged by price rises. In the case of the videocassette recorder, American consumers have no choice but to buy foreign, since U.S. manufacturers do not make the machines. Indeed, as long as the American appetite for imports remains, a perverse effect...
...first sessions seemed devoted to a cautious feeling out of positions. But by week's end the group had made enough progress to continue meeting over the weekend, and some participants felt a breakthrough was near. They were discussing, among other things, a partial freeze on federal spending for the next two years; there was no word on what tax action might be pending. It seemed clear, though, that the summiteers were unlikely to go beyond a $23 billion deficit reduction in the current fiscal year and indeed were having trouble going that far. Said a participant: "Getting over...
...sponsors can find the money for such a project, she said, residents will rent their apartments, using partial government subsidies. Eventually, they will move in permanently and run the complex as a cooperative...
Sell orders swamped the New York Stock Exchange when it opened after two days of partial recovery from the Monday crash that obliterated $500 billion in U.S. stock values in Wall Street's worst crisis since the Crash...