Word: productions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Oculinum patients are pressing the Food and Drug Administration to approve the drug for market soon, believing that such a decision might ease insurers' fears. But the FDA is adamant about following proper procedures. Says Deputy Commissioner John Norris: "We can't make new standards just for Scott's product...
...have the impact of a barrage of cannonballs. "Suddenly an era of explosive invention begins," proclaimed the company, as it touted an array of new technologies. This time the heroic struggle is over the manufacture of semiconductors, the tiny silicon chips that form the brains of virtually every advanced product from microwave ovens to mainframe computers. The attacker is Japan, whose aggressive electronics industry is on the verge of toppling the U.S. as the world leader in the $27 billion semiconductor market...
...called fair market values for each Japanese company's chip exports to the U.S. To arrive at the fair market value, which is the minimum price at which the manufacturer is allowed to sell the semiconductor, the department tallies up an individual Japanese ( chipmaker's costs in making each product and adds a profit of 8%. The Government's first fair market values, set in August, temporarily pushed prices shockingly high. The 256K dynamic RAM chip, for example, shot from about $3 each to as much as $8.75. But last week the Commerce Department recalculated those prices downward, bringing...
...memory upgrade costs a steep $329, plus installation, from Harvard's Technology Product Center. However, if you are willing to void your warranty and save a lot of money, you can buy memory for a lot less from other suppliers. The K.B. Corporation in Boston, for example, sells a 512k upgrade for $119. The company uses Levco parts which are just as high quality as Apple's; and K.B. also services what they sell...
Japan has sustained its astounding level of economic success largely because Japanese businesses are better than their Americans counterparts at automating their factories, serving their customers, and conducting product research, Professor of Sociology Ezra Vogel told an audience of 50 last night...