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U.S. Shuts Saddam's Home Town
1U.S. troops moved to quell a tide of attacks from Saddam Hussein backers by closing off a village near Tikrit with barbed wire and checkpoints. Many of the 3,500 people are Saddam relatives. U.S. troops battled Iraqi rioters outside of Baghdad. Two Iraqis were killed and 2 soldiers wounded. And U.N. chief Kofi Annan named a team to look into Aug.'s Baghdad bombing.
Midwest Factories Pick Up Pace
2The NAPM-Chicago survey rose to 55 in Oct. after Sept.'s sharp drop to 51.2. A reading over 50 indicates growth. Production and new orders were strong. And the jobs index jumped 7.8 points to 53.1, the best since Jan. '00, boosting hopes of strong gains in the upcoming Oct. employment report. Price hikes accelerated sharply.
Teva Acquires Sicor For $3.4 Bil
3The Israeli generic drug maker said it's buying U.S. rival Sicor for $3.4 bil in cash and stock. Teva Pharmaceuticals will swap $16.50 in cash and 0.1906 share of its American Depositary Receipts per Sicor share, which values Sicor at $27.34 a share. That's 32% above its stock price before merger talks were disclosed Oct. 22. Teva slid 1%; Sicor soared 7%.
Consumers Cut PC Buying Plans
- Halftime score: $8.79 bil. Consumer spending on video leaps 13.3% in...
- Magazine article from: Video Business Hettrick, Scott July 15, 2002 700+ words
...90.2 VHS only $4.44 bil. -18.8 Total $8.79 bil. +13.3% Source: VSDA...Universal) 76.8 April 9 63 * Consumer spending on sales and rentals of VHS...industry sales DVD only $3.05 bil +79.9% VHS only $1.55...
- Can buy a thrill: $20.3 billion year: Purchases of DVD titles power 11.5%...
- Magazine article from: Video Business Hettrick, Scott January 13, 2003 700+ words
...about 25% in overall consumer spending on the purchase of...revenue * Warner $4.4 bil. +29.4% from...Other $2.3 * Consumer spending on sales and rentals...MARKET SHARE BY STUDIO Consumer spending on sales and rentals...
- Total overall consumer spending.(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: Video Business April 24, 2006 700+ words
TOTAL OVERALL CONSUMER SPENDING Q1 = $5.9 billion (-3%) Warner * 21.5% $1.27 bil. Universal 14.5% $1.03 bil. DreamWorks 4.8% $286 mil. Sony ** 13.4% $793 mil. Buena Vista 13.0% $769 mil. Fox 12.2% $717 mil...
- GAS PRICES CHOKE $5 BIL. OUT OF LOCAL ECONOMY; As consumers spend more at the...
- Magazine article from: Crain's Chicago Business MERRION, PAUL August 7, 2006 700+ words
...months ended in June. Beyond the consumer spending patterns that REAL is measuring...attempts to isolate just one factor-consumer spending-to show what happens when households...on everything else. Even if total consumer spending stays the same, higher gas prices...
- KITA Projects Trade Surplus of $15 Bil.
- Newspaper article from: Korea Times (Seoul, Korea) October 9, 2000 700+ words
...semiconductors and automobiles and the sharp contraction in consumer spending at home. According to KITA officials, exports should...Korean won, but imports are falling sharply due to reduced consumer spending,'' one KITA official said. Fortunately, both oil prices...
- FX Reserve Stand at $85.57 Bil.
- Newspaper article from: Korea Times (Seoul, Korea) May 16, 2000 700+ words
...due to a whopping surge of imports coupled with rising consumer spending. The BOK noted that May's rise in foreign money holdings...exports. But observers currently voice worries over rising consumer spending, showing strong signs of a return to pre-crisis levels...
- A $1.2-bil. tab at the pump; Summer of gas price hikes will put economy in a...
- Magazine article from: Crain's Chicago Business Arndorfer, James B. April 30, 2001 700+ words
...presence, and away from other parts of the economy, such as retail. While the REAL study looks only at how the shift in consumer spending patterns affect the region, higher gas prices have other economic costs. For instance, Chicago Tube & Iron Co...
- Fitch Rts California $1 Bil GOs `AA'; Rtg Watch Neg Remains.
- Press release article from: Business Wire June 5, 2001 700+ words
...components of the personal income tax account for much of the revisions and the lowered 2001-02 expectations spill over into consumer spending and thus the sales tax. The revised executive budget recommendations lower spending by $3.2 billion but the operating...
