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V nn"i i ni TT MW‘ i rnrfinfi rw T Page 6 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday April 20 2000 ' In brief i' y '' j ' 'i"1 Jobless claims hit Drug manufacturer delays launch Of highly touted blood pressure pill - NEW YORK (AP) — Bristol-Myed blood pres- application for federal approval of a sure medication that was expected to be the industry's next the lowest level in nearly 27 years1 indi-®ting that businesses are scrambling to find workers PcPartf®J said today that 257000 Americans tiled new claims for benefits fortfie week ending April 5’ down ty 9000 from th previous highly-toute- frwv ‘The company made the surprising decision Wednesday in response to the Food and Drug Administration's concerns that the drug Vanlev might cause severe reactions such as swelling in the face throat and lips in a small number of patients Bristol-Myenow says it will conduct more studies on the drug and wait until early next year to reapply for federal approval “Wc remain bullish inn this drug" said Richard Lane the president of the company’s Worldwide Medicines basedin Princeton NJ Tte company's shares tumbled 22 cent on the news Wednesday The FDA had been reviewing Vanlev since December and was expected to approve it by June The drug has been studied in nearly 7000 patients with some said staying on the drug up to two years Bristol-MyeA little more than 1 percent of patients experienced the swelling problem including four patients who needed to have a tube inserted down their throat because they had trouble breath- ing the company said All four survived I The more stable k moving ' increases in wages and benefits increased average of claims which smoothes out costs that companies could pass along to consumers in the form of higher prices volatility fell to 262500 i the lowest level since Dec 15 'I Al 1 The Federal Reserve has boosted inter: when such claims were at 256750 est rates five times since June 30 to slow k The moving average has the economy and to keep inflation under been running below 300000 since late control October Given the outlook for strong continuing Economists consider claims below growth many economists expect the Fed 300000 an indication of a tight labor will raise rates again on May 16 : market meaning employers are have trou- Today’s report said that for the week blc finding qualified workers to fill job 'ending April 8 five states and territories openings reported decreases in newjobless claims While that s good for workers econo-- - applications while 48 reposted increases mists find it worrisome They fear that The state data lag a week behind the employers will recruit workers with big national figures four-wee- of Americans filing new claims for unem- Sauibb has withdrawn its P°ymcnt benefits plummeted last week to rs low 27-ye- ar ' f jss rs Tbat was the lowest level since Dec 1973 when claims were at - pi 1 256000 decline was not expected Many '““ty?1 nse fwedicted that claims would slightly actually - week-to-we- ek V ' j- four-wee- : mu (li©iii0U?HMMi) ' rs - arely popjjpJnthe samo sentence but the Trlatlona of a familiar deslg nto better Trucks SUVs lead at auto show NEW YORK (AP) -- American drivers who keep buying pickup trucks arid sport utility vehicles in record numbers have bccomeaimajor source of revenue for US automakers' Now foreign automakers want a larger share of those buyers On Wednesday Toyota and Honda's Acura luxury division showed off new SUVs: while Nissan announced plans for a new full-siThe mod- - sport-ut- e pickup that could spawn a full-siin media els were unveiled Wednesday previews for the New : York International Auto Show rv ’ Truck sales have been the strongest part of a robust market for new vehicles in the United States growing faster than car sales "O':'-in the past few years-il Don Esmond general manager of Toyota’s US sales arm said about 40 percent of Toyota's US sales are trucks while the ' industry as a whole has a 50-5-0 split between cars and trucks’?: "We see that 10 percent gap as a prime opportunity for £" growth” he said fo1 V : ze ze G erhaps anticipating : " V OnthaNat: coated paper milk 'containers! 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market are a- 194 gallons per person in retirement community with f ' ' pitcher-lik- e courts and grassy common ' jug so easy topour ' 1988 to 182 gallons in 1998 introduced nationwide thanks to a new technology that the company says triples the shelf life of milk : ' Now mostly in convenience stores and supermarkets Milk Chugs will soon be sold in vending machines in Philadel- from that a Enter the Milk Chug single- - phia A smaller competitor can use and serve bottles of flavored milk V Smith Dairy of Orirville Ohio! it — without spilling bottles of introduced by the nation's sec- - has a similar product called jazzy flavored milk aimed at teen- - ond biggest dairy processor Moover selling in convenience age boys that would replace Dean Foods Co of Franklin stores in New Jersey and sev cartons that are Park 111 Sales totaled $100 cral Midwest states the half-pithe staple of school cafeterias million in 1999 and are pro- Thedtinks give kids a milk industry realized ? jeeted to double to $200 mil- - healthy alternative to soda todid yeanrigo that it had to': lion this year as the product fs said Eric Blanchard a Dean" r£i perk up its act a bit or appear more relevant to consumerssenior shock: A Peoria police offi-- especially young consumers’ v said John Sicher editor of cer escorts an unidentified wofjtan man-ma- Vvv'- - i' International Dairy Foods Association Toyota Motor Corp: http7wwwtoyotacom Acura Division o! 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