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Show The Salt Lake Tribune BUSINESS Thursday, February20, 1997 boul the New York, American and j eneieee M = H Mobil Devises New Wayto Payfor Gas NEWYORK — gasoline marketer that helped pave the way for motorists to pay at the pump with a credit card has a new device that should speedvisits to its gas stations while letting custom- ers leave the card at home Mobil Corp. said Wednesdayit plans to introduce an electronic gizmo that can be clipped to a key chain and usesradio signalsto ac. tivate the gas pump and charge the purchase with a single swipe past the pump. The Mobil Speedpass elimi- nates the need to fumble through a purse or wallet for a credit card or cash and to wait for credit authorization American Must Pay Share of Terminal MIAMI — In a blow to American Airlines, an administrative lawjudge rejected a Dade County plan for divvying up the $975 mil- lion cost of the carrier's newterminal at Miami International Airrt Six airlines sued after the county-owned airport distributed the bulk of the construction costs among the various carriers claiming they would be subsidizing the bill for ing Ameri- can’s hub. While the six airlines that sued estimated American’s tab should be $776 million, Judge Ronnie Yoder recommended American alone should pay $398 million plus ‘‘other indeterminable amounts” as the primarytenant. WTO Panel MayRule On Helms-Burton Act GENEVA — The dispute be- tween the United States and the European Union over the HelmsBurton Act, a U.S. law that pun- ishes foreign companies doing business with Cuba, maybe decided by an international panel The World Trade Organization was expected to set up a panel Thursday to decide whether the law violates international trade rules The EUsees the law as an attempt by the United States to impose its policies beyond its own shores — an act prohibited by global trade norms. The United States argues that the law is 4 matter of nationalsecurity, and is not subject to review by an international panel. Detroit Newspapers Accept Unions’ Offer DETROIT — Detroit's daily newspapers accepted a back-towork offer from their striking employees Wednesday, pronouncing an end to a bitter, 19-month walkout that divided one of America’s staunchest union towns. But the dispute appeared far from over Union leaders charged that the newspap plans to rehire em- ployees as openings become avail- able amount to a rejectionof their back-to-work offer. They said they would ask the National Labor Relations Board to seek an injunction forcing the reinstatement of all workers who want to return to The Detroit News, the Detroit Free Press and Detroit spapers Inc., which runs the papers’ business and pro- duction operations under a joint operating agreement In the meantime. the unions said former strikers who want to go back to work will return as the companies contact them about openings, and a company spokes- woman said people could begin returning to work next week ‘Theunions have made a goodfaith effort to stop the pain and suffering in this community,” said Al Derey, chairman of the um- brella organization for the six striking union locals, “and the employer again has told us in this community to go to hell NYSE Actives NASDAQ Actives AMEX Actives Dow Jones Averages NYSE Diary NASDAQ Diary Market Volume Last Namee___Seh Skat __eae ____ — Titan _toct ——__S13k_ AAS Surat THT Has 4 |¥ Ta 3 304 PORK BELLIES FPuets MOMEATING OIL NMER LGHT SWEET CRUDENMES NATURAL GAS NMER NLEADED GASOUINENMER Metats GOLD r BOT SILVER1000 BOT 2 HI GRADE COPPERNCMX 42.000 ga 42 10 tre 2 4 |