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To: reaper who wrote (195351)	10/4/2002 1:31:38 PM
From: yard_man	Respond to of 436258

there's overcapacity and that was true while we were booming, but imports are less than 10-15%, I believe -- I'll dig up the right numbers ... I think that when it comes to contruction and auto mfring -- most of the Al parts are produced here, but I'll check that. SPX 800 breached -- i think there's gonna be trouble now <ng>

To: reaper who wrote (195351)	10/4/2002 6:07:45 PM
From: yard_man	Respond to of 436258

apparently I was all wet -- there is some good info here in the background section -- another site that was free is now pay oit.doe.gov charts between 1960 and 2000 interesting Note the sectors of transportation, consumer durables and construction make up over 50% of the usage ...

To: reaper who wrote (195351)	10/4/2002 6:28:11 PM
From: yard_man	Respond to of 436258

imports are more than 1/3 of our supply -- a lot comes from Canada. Foreign countries with access to cheap energy -- dirt cheap and bauxite close by find it easy to undercut us -- China has some large hydro recently on-line and coming on-line. I know some projects that would have much lower costs are running into obstacles in South America -- I think mostly it's an issue of slowing demand growth -- but I haven't found a recent analysis to support that ...

To: reaper who wrote (195351)	10/4/2002 7:29:44 PM
From: mishedlo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Sears biz.yahoo.com Dow Jones Business News Sears Names Liska To Head Credit, Financial Products Friday October 4, 6:58 pm ET HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. -(Dow Jones)- Sears, Roebuck & Co. named Glenn Richter, 40 years old, senior vice president and chief financial officer, in place of Paul Liska, who becomes executive vice president and president, Credit & Financial Product. ...Liska, 46, joined Sears as executive vice president and chief financial officer in June 2001. In his new post, he replaces 45-year-old Kevin Keleghan, who left the company. A Sears spokeswoman declined to comment on the reason for Keleghan's departure, citing company policy.