
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, April 4, 1990                   TAG: 9004040152
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: A9   EDITION: METRO 
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BRIEFLY . . .

American Airlines said Wednesday it would broaden its frequent-flier program to allow members to turn in their accumulated miles for discounts on cars, sailboats, watches and other products.

\ Beef imported from the United States will be sold in vending machines in Japan under a Japanese-U.S. joint venture project, a Japanese official said Tuesday. The aim is to cut the costs of distribution-related personnel.

\ A Senate panel, ignoring protests by automakers, on Tuesday approved a bill that would require a 40 percent improvement in fuel efficiency by 2001.

\ The U.S. Postal Service board of governors approved spending $379.3 million Tuesday on new letter sorting machines. The board, meeting in Raleigh, N.C., voted to launch a program that will lead to bar-coding of all mail by 1995.

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