GM asked to recall pickups
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration asked GM to recall approximately 4.7 million pickup trucks that had been manufactured between 1973 and 1987 due to the possibility of fires caused by side-impact crashes. GM, claiming that the trucks were safe, opposed the recall.
Publication Name: Facts on File
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0014-6641
Year: 1993
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Apple announced that it would lay off 2,500 workers. RJR Nabisco Holdings is selling 93 million shares of stock. General Motors Corp will transfer production of the Chevrolet Cavalier to Ramos Arizpe, Mexico. Wang Laboratories Inc and LTV Corp had bankruptcy proceedings.
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Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0014-6641
Year: 1993
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