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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Let's change this Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 8:31 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	Every time the durable-goods report is issued, tag teams of news photographers descend on the car lots and appliance stores of America, documenting consumer lust for "big-ticket items." And we use the pictures.
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paulwiggins	Post subject: Re: Let's change this Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 8:53 pm
Joined: Wed Oct 08, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 3137 Location: Homebush NSW Australia	The other matter that arises with these reports is the use of seasonally adjusted figures. Explanation of what seasonally adjusted means would seem useful for readers, yet I can't recall offhand ever seeing it.
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pzicari	Post subject: Re: Let's change this Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 10:19 pm
Joined: Thu Jun 20, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 131 Location: Cleveland, OH	I thought for a minute you were talking about the trade deficit. Stories about that almost always refer to Americans' lust for TV sets, stereos and cars made abroad -- overlooking that TV sets aren't made in this country anymore, for one thing, and that a big component of the deficit is for oil and gas, and for interest paid on Eurodollars lent back to the U.S. Anyway, I change these leads whenever I get my hands on them, but nothing ever changes.
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bcubbison	Post subject: Re: Let's change this Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 11:52 pm
Joined: Mon Feb 17, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 38 Location: Syracuse	Some televisions are still made in the United States, but the points are well taken.
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jjmoney62	Post subject: Re: Let's change this Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 8:36 am
Joined: Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 3135 Location: Albuquerque, N.M. USA	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Brian Cubbison: Some televisions are still made in the United States, but the points are well taken.<hr></blockquote><p>I don't think so. I think Zenith is the last American TV maker, and they don't make their TV sets here.
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jtogyer	Post subject: Re: Let's change this Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 3:06 pm
Joined: Wed Apr 16, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 57 Location: McKeesport, PA	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>I don't think so. I think Zenith is the last American TV maker, and they don't make their TV sets here. <hr></blockquote><p>Zenith isn't a U.S.-based company any more. It's a wholly owned subsidiary of LG Electronics, a Korean company. (In fairness, I think Zenith still has some administrative, marketing and research facilities in the U.S.)<p>There is one company operating several TV factories in the U.S. (including here in the Pittsburgh area): It's Sony Electronics.<p>[ July 30, 2004: Message edited by: jtogyer ]</p>
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jjmoney62	Post subject: Re: Let's change this Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 5:59 pm
Joined: Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 3135 Location: Albuquerque, N.M. USA	Thanks, JT
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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Re: Let's change this Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 7:41 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	At any rate, let's stop using pointless pictures of people shopping for cars or appliances with every damn story that mentions "big-ticket items."<p>[ July 30, 2004: Message edited by: blanp ]</p>
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