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Loose changeCompiled from Times wires © St. Petersburg Times, published May 13, 2001 MADE IN AMERICA: The United States imports almost all of its TV sets, about two-thirds of its apparel and about a quarter of its cars. But one product remains overwhelmingly American-made: socks. About 90 percent of the 3.5-billion pairs of socks sold in the United States each year are made here. JOBS LOST: Even online recruiters are becoming dot-com casualties. There have been layoffs at Vault.com, HotJobs.com and other popular job sites, which like other dot-com ventures face falling online advertising and lack of investor interest. BACK TO SCHOOL: Ten percent more people took the entrance exam for MBA programs in the first four months of 2001 than did a year ago, the Graduate Management Admission Council says. There was a similar increase when the economy cooled in the early 1980s and the early '90s. SICK OVER BASEBALL: A poll by Maritz Marketing Research of St. Louis finds 58 percent of Americans consider themselves baseball fans -- and 12 percent of them admit calling in sick to work at least once to see a game. SIGN OF THE TIMES: Policies covering workplace violence are available from a few insurers, the Insurance Information Institute says.
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From the Times Business report Special Report: Privacy Helen Huntley
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