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Car sales slump deepens
Associated PressFord Motor Co. said yesterday that its U.S. sales fell 26.5 percent in August, as the struggling automaker's results - even worse than July's dismal figures - showed that the U.S. auto sales slump might not have bottomed out. Toyota Motor Corp.'s sales...Tags: Sales, Passenger Cars, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Toyota, Government
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A crisis unfolds
The Consumer Product Safety Commission warned parents this past week against using certain Simplicity brand bassinets. The company, which sold its assets in April, had four crib recalls dating to 2005. Here is a history of the recalls: April 2005. A 9-... -
Dangerous bassinets still on shelves
Chicago Tribune reporterFederal regulators urged retailers to pull more Simplicity bassinets from their shelves after Illinois attorney general staffers purchased models that could kill a baby but were excluded from a federal alert issued last week. The most troubling aspect of...Tags: Sales, Product Recalls, Baby Products, Imports, Lisa Madigan
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More retailers recall Simplicity bassinets
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Eleven more retailers have recalled Simplicity bassinets, bringing the total to 17 that have decided to recall the infant beds, which are linked to the deaths of two babies. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said Wednesday 11...Tags: JC Penney Company Incorporated, Product Recalls, Baby Products, Burlington, Big Lots Incorporated
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11 more retailers pull bassinet implicated in baby deaths
Eleven more retailers have recalled Simplicity bassinets, bringing the total to 17 that have decided to recall the infant beds, which are linked to the deaths of two babies. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said Wednesday that 11 additional...Tags: Product Recalls, Baby Products, Games, and Toys, Baby Products, Consumers
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A crash course in economy
Tribune NewspapersFalling gas prices didn't help automakers in August, as economic worries and an overabundance of trucks continued to drag down U.S. sales results. Overall industry sales were down 15.5 percent last month compared with a year earlier, and are off 11.2...Tags: Sales, Subaru, Hybrid Vehicles, Passenger Cars, Toyota
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11 more retailers recall Simplicity bassinets
Associated PressWASHINGTON — Eleven more retailers have recalled Simplicity bassinets, bringing the total to 17 that have decided to recall the infant beds, which are linked to the deaths of two babies. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said Wednesday that 11...Tags: JC Penney Company Incorporated, Product Recalls, Baby Products, Burlington, Big Lots Incorporated
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Retailers' price cuts may be costly
In a bid to pull hesitant shoppers into their stores, retailers are slashing prices on everything from jeans to dinnerware. But those fat discounts will likely come at a big cost for the companies. At teen retailer American Eagle Outfitters Inc.,...Tags: Sales, JC Penney Company Incorporated, Economic Indicator, Aeropostale Incorporated, Mike Hogan
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Inflation: threat or reality?
For most of the last year, Americans have been wondering: Is inflation taking off? Many decided it was as soon as gasoline hit $4 a gallon, and last week's Consumer Price Index report is bound to confirm that view. By this measure, prices have risen 5.6...Tags: Economy, Petroleum Industry, Mortgages, Market and Exchange, Inflation and Deflation
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Artificial Assurances
State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is right: Sweeping assurances on the safety of artificial turf by the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission are based on narrow and inadequate research, and are a gross disservice to the public. Commission...Tags: Richard Blumenthal
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U.S. economy, markets may be in denial
Tribune NewspapersWith two-thirds of the year now over, nothing is resolved about the economy, the housing market, the credit markets or the stock market. As the curtain comes up on the final four months of 2008, here's a look at some of the key issues that will preoccupy...Tags: Fannie Mae, Economic Indicator, Freddie Mac, Petroleum Industry, Asha
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Temp companies on Long Island find market strong
patricia.kitchen@newsday.comThe government employs a variety of barometers to gauge the health of the nation's economy. There's the gross domestic product, the consumer price index, the index of leading economic indicators, the consumer confidence survey, among others. But some...Tags: Sales, Economic Indicator, Adecco SA, Government, Clothing and Textiles Industry
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