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most food companies these days are trimming the fat and cholesterol content of their products to appeal to <unk> consumers |
but <unk> foods inc. believes it can milk some sales by <unk> the trend |
the <unk> n.j. company has formed a joint venture with a distributor called la <unk> to market a <unk> milk targeted at hispanic consumers |
to give <unk> <unk> the <unk> taste <unk> says hispanics prefer the new brand has a <unk> content of N N |
that compares with N N <unk> for whole milk |
a spokesman for <unk> inc. the nation 's largest milk producer concedes <unk> may be on to something |
<unk> sells considerably more whole milk than <unk> <unk> in southern and hispanic markets he says |
<unk> even tested a milk with N N <unk> in the south but decided the market was too small |
<unk> is selling <unk> <unk> in nearly N grocery stores and <unk> in new york and parts of new jersey |
and it 's adding N to N new outlets a day says <unk> <unk> sales director at la <unk> |
because of <unk> <unk> 's success he says the joint venture is developing other dairy products tailored to hispanic <unk> |
jewelry makers copy cosmetics sales <unk> |
for years <unk> jewelry makers fought a losing battle |
jewelry displays in department stores were often <unk> and <unk> |
and the merchandise was well fake |
as a result marketers of <unk> <unk> steadily lost space in department stores to more fashionable rivals cosmetics makers |
but lately retailers say fake has become more fashionable |
and jewelry makers are beginning to use many of the same marketing <unk> <unk> in the aggressive world of cosmetics |
last year the total women 's fashion jewelry business topped $ N billion says karen <unk> editor of accessories magazine |
and it 's growing fast with annual sales gains of more than N N |
to increase their share of that business jewelry makers such as crystal brands inc. 's <unk> and <unk> units and <unk> inc. maker of anne klein jewelry are launching new lines with as much fanfare as the <unk> companies |
they 're hiring models to <unk> the <unk> sporting their <unk> and they 're even beginning to borrow a <unk> favorite of the beauty business offering a gift when consumers make a purchase |
we 've started trying just about anything to keep sales moving in the stores says kim <unk> a <unk> vice president |
but there are limits |
ms. <unk> says retailers <unk> a promotion for <unk> with animal <unk> |
her idea bring in live <unk> animals |
<unk> whose national ads earlier this year included paper <unk> of its <unk> <unk> takes a <unk> approach |
the company focuses on the <unk> aspects says andrew e. philip president |
<unk> now trains sales help to advise customers on the best <unk> styles |
but cosmetics firms still have one big marketing edge they <unk> sales people with commissions |
jewelry makers rarely pay commissions and are n't expected to anytime soon |
odds and ends |
despite growing interest in the environment u.s. consumers have n't shown much interest in <unk> packages for household products |
procter & gamble co. recently introduced <unk> versions of four products including tide and mr. clean in canada but does n't plan to bring them to the u.s. |
marketers believe most americans wo n't make the convenience <unk> |
<unk> ltd. tests a beer <unk> with oat bran rather than rice or corn |
called <unk> 's original oat bran beer the <unk> costs about $ N a case |
no cholesterol of course |
northwest airlines settled the remaining lawsuits filed on behalf of N people killed in a N crash but claims against the jetliner 's maker are being pursued a federal judge said |
northwest a unit of nwa inc. and mcdonnell douglas corp. which made the <unk> aircraft also are pursuing <unk> against each other in the crash near detroit metropolitan airport |
terms of the settlements for the remaining N lawsuits against northwest were n't disclosed |
a total of N lawsuits were filed on behalf of crash victims |
u.s. district judge <unk> a. cook jr. announced the settlements as the jury trial was to begin yesterday |
he reset opening arguments for today |
the jury will resolve the claims against mcdonnell douglas northwest 's claim that a <unk> in the aircraft caused the crash and mcdonnell douglas ' claim that the plane was improperly <unk> |
the national transportation safety board ruled that pilots failed to set the plane 's <unk> <unk> and <unk> properly for <unk> and failed to make mandatory <unk> checks that would have detected the error |
also a <unk> warning system failed to alert the pilots the <unk> and <unk> were not set for <unk> the <unk> said |
the only passenger who survived the crash was <unk> <unk> then N of <unk> ariz. whose parents and brother died in the crash |
she now lives with <unk> in alabama |
sun <unk> moon the korean <unk> who in N founded the unification church remains the mystery man behind a multimillion-dollar political and publishing operation based in this country and <unk> to the american right |
but there may be less there than meets the eye |
mr. moon planned to convert millions of americans to his unique brand of <unk> in which he plays the role of old <unk> <unk> political messiah and then to make the u.s. part of a unified international <unk> |
his original strategy in itself a brilliant innovation for spreading a <unk> was to create new economic enterprises each time he wanted to extend and fund his various <unk> <unk> |
tax-exempt airport and <unk> <unk> were intended only to provide start-up funds |
more stable industries were to build an economically viable infrastructure for the moon movement in north america as they had in japan and south korea |
then he would move his movement to europe |
but that was not to be |
throughout the 1970s and early 1980s spokesmen for both the unification church and its opponents in the <unk> movement gave wildly <unk> membership figures |
their <unk> lives on |
it is still common to read in the press that the church has N or more full-time american members and N associates |
some estimates have gone as high as N members |
but internal church documents clearly show that at its <unk> heights as when it organized a spectacular yankee stadium <unk> rally in N there actually were only about N full-time unification church members in the u.s. |
mr. moon 's support for a <unk> richard nixon the <unk> scandal and his prison sentence for income-tax evasion did not help the church 's <unk> efforts |
<unk> <unk> and <unk> <unk> kept member turnover high |
that the membership number has even kept close to its N size is the result of the <unk> of the church |
many of the enthusiastic young <unk> of the nixon era who remained <unk> to father moon are now parents producing new members by <unk> rather than conversion |
the <unk> wealth of the unification church is another matter of <unk> |
yet these purchases can be misleading |
most were obtained with huge <unk> of church money from south korea and japan minimum cash <unk> and sizable mortgages |
those teams of young <unk> selling flowers peanuts or <unk> outright at traffic <unk> brought in somewhere near $ N million a year during the <unk> 1970s but those revenues were a <unk> compared to the costs of mr. moon 's <unk> international conferences speaking tours and <unk> land buys |
only his factories in japan and korea <unk> his <unk> at <unk> wages and producing everything from <unk> to <unk> to expensive marble <unk> kept the money flowing <unk> |
virginia commonwealth university sociologist david <unk> who more than any other researcher has <unk> into the complex world of <unk> finances has concluded that profitable operations in the u.s. have been the exceptions rather than the rule |
likewise journalists john burgess and michael <unk> of the washington post have estimated that at least $ N million was transferred from japan to the u.s. to deal with the church 's annual operating losses in this country |
mr. moon 's two <unk> u.s. newspapers illustrate the scope of this financial drain |
start-up costs for the washington times alone were close to $ N million and the total amount lost in this <unk> black hole was estimated at $ N million by N |
since then moon 's organization has <unk> a pair of high-quality glossy opinion magazines the world and i and insight which are a further drain |
insiders say that not even their editors know for sure how much these <unk> publications along with the newspapers have cost mr. moon |
many american <unk> businesses such as a $ N million factory to build fishing vessels are <unk> |
some components of the american church had their budgets cut in half last year and again this year |
the relatively small academic conferences that have attracted conservative guests and press scrutiny in recent years are much more narrowly targeted and <unk> than the <unk> <unk> in fancy digs and exotic <unk> of years past |
i attended several of these in the dual role as a <unk> of research findings as well as an investigator of my hosts |
mr. moon 's <unk> house eventually even published three of my <unk> books on <unk> and politics |
according to veteran watchers of <unk> affairs such as dr. j. gordon <unk> director of the institute for the study of american <unk> almost all operations are being drastically reduced as mr. moon now <unk> more on developing his empire in the far east |
everything one <unk> senior consultant to the unification church recently told me in an interview is going back to korea and japan |
europe had proved even less <unk> than north america |
european politicians were less reluctant to have their governments investigate and <unk> new <unk> |
so mr. moon is in retreat <unk> on the far east |
south korea and japan continue to be profitable |
moon 's <unk> industry conglomerate is now investing heavily in china where church accountants have high hopes of expanding and attracting <unk> even in the wake of the bloody massacre in <unk> square |
<unk> motors is one such investment |
according to senior consultants to the church mr. moon has successfully negotiated a joint venture with the chinese government to build an <unk> plant in <unk> province an area of china with a substantial korean minority |
mr. moon has agreed to put up $ N million a year for N years and keep the profits in china |
in return he has the government 's blessing to build <unk> and spread <unk> in that country |
whatever respectability and ties to intellectuals and <unk> the publications and conferences bring really are salvage not the rev. moon 's original final goals but the ones for which he will have to settle |
mr. <unk> is co-author with david g. <unk> of <unk> in america <unk> church and crusade and strange <unk> the great american <unk> scare |
the manville personal injury settlement trust said it is considering several ways to ease a liquidity crunch that could include the sale of manville corp. to a third party |
in a filing with the securities and exchange commission the majority holder of manville acknowledged that the cash portion of its initial funding of $ N million will be <unk> next year and that alternative sources of funds will be necessary to meet its obligations |
the trust which was created as part of manville 's bankruptcy-law reorganization to compensate victims of <unk> diseases ultimately expects to receive $ N billion from manville but its cash flow from investments has so far lagged behind its payments to victims |
<unk> for both the trust and the company refused to comment on whether any talks with a possible acquirer of manville had actually taken place |
the trust is considering a sale of its manville holdings but manville has the right of first refusal on any sales of its stock held by the trust |
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