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http://www.thecharlotteposl.com 8C Cliarlotte $0!E(t BUSINESS THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2005 Sports 1C U.S. pushes for broad limits on Chinese textiles and elothing By Martin CruLsinger THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON - When U.S. and Chinese textile negotiators sat down last week in California, the administration’s effort to help beleaguered American manufacturers could end up costing consumers some of the sweet deals they have been enjoying on clothing prices. Some experts say America’s clothing biU could rise by $6 billion or more aimuaUy if domestic producers get what they want - a comprehensive deal limiting a broad array of Chinese imports. Gary Hufbauer, a top trade expert at the Institute for International Economics, said the $6 billion estimate would translate into roughly $20 more on a U.S. consumer’s annu al clothing biU. But he cautioned that this could end up being a low estimate, given the tremendous impact Chinese imports have had in pushing clothing prices down in recent years. “A comprehensive trade agreement would take the downward price pressure off not only for American producers but for other coim- tiies seUing into the U.S. market,” he said. For the three months ending in Jime, cloth ing prices at the retail level were falling at an annual rate of 5.9 percent, reflecting in large Please see U.S.7C Rising diesel costs add thousands to farmer’s bills THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Tlie rising price of gasoline affects most people, but for farmers the increasing costs can add thousands of dol lars to their fuel bills. ‘We’ve seen diesel fuel prices up to 70 cents hi^er than they were last year at this time, and now they’re even climbing more,” said Ned Wolfgang, petroleum manager for the Ag Plus cooperative’s energy division in New Haven. Ibe co-op sells regular off-road diesel fuel - the type used in heavy farm machinery - for $2.24 a gallon. A year ago, it cost $1.48 a gal lon. Tb fill an empty 600-gallon tank now, it costs more than $450 more than last year. Wolfgang said many farmers fill up their tanks arovmd this time of the year to get ready for harvest. ‘It is a big concern,” he told Tbie News- Sentinel. “Having to pay prices of fuel right now will drastically hurt them for the fad.” Per-gallon diesel prices are dose to regular unleaded prices at many service stations. Because the fuel does not include road taxes, the off-road diesel with hi^er sulfur content costs about 40 cents less per gallon than the diesel sold for road use. The off-road diesel used in the heavy machinery is also exempt from a 6 percent sales tax. Alan Miller, a farm management spedalist at Purdue University, estimated that on a typical Indiana farm, fuel costs for com and soybean production will increase at least $6 to $18 an acre next year. “Energy costs are a key element for that, and where we’ve seen the biggest percentage price increase for that is in the diesel,” he said. “Fuel was only 3 percent of total pro duction expenses in Indiana in 2004, and we’re thinking that’s certainly going to have to climb.” Some farms may respond to the higher prices by adopting new technology or modify ing their approach to planting. Brian Roemke farms about 3,600 acres with a brother and a neig^ibor about three miles southeast of Harlan. The farm is a no-tUl operation, which is a soil-conserving approach to planting that also uses less fuel. “When all you’re doing is running the planter, versus tilling the ground in the fall and having to work it two or three times in the spring, we easily cut (the fuel cost) 50 per cent,” Roemke said. €)€)Ol HAIR-RAISING LOCATION PHOTO/CURTIS WILSON Ecco Goia stylist Alicia Fortner sets a customer's hair last week at the Terraces at SouthPark Shopping Center. Ecco Goia owner Karina Castaneda (right) also owns a shop in New York. Stylist to the stars moves to SouthPark Ecco Goia’s clients include models, celebrities By Ellison Clary SPECIAL TO THE POST A hair stylist to the stars, featured in the August edition ' of Allure magazine, is opening a version of her New York salon in Charlotte’s SouthPark. Karina Castaneda plans a September 6 grand opening for Ecco Goia, her newest salon in the Tferraces at SouthPark shopping center. Castaneda bought the fonner Salon Arte from Ambreen Younus, who operated it there for seven years. Castaneda is changing the name to Ecco Goia, the same name which she calls her salon on 57th Street in Manhattan. The ownership change occurred July 29 and the salon opened imder Castaneda on August 2. The staff is available for appointments immediately The Charlotte Ecco Goia remains a fuU-service salon featuring expert hair care and an appreciation for the esthet ics, Castaneda said. She plans to keep the familiar Thesday through Saturday operating schedule. Castaneda is featured promi nently in the August issue of Allure. Under her name and photo on Page 156, Castaneda tells readers how she personal ly keeps her hair fiom tangling and how she schedules her own hair coloring. The magazine said it asked six “sought-after hair experts” to share their wisdom. Featured with Castaneda are Sally Hershberger of Los Angeles and Dawn Thacey of Beverly Hills as well as Tfesa Jaycox Peltz, Paula Ivins Kingston and Eva Scrivo, aU of New York City See HAIR/7C Karina Castaneda ilm ^H4r a hair *aUm in Now ha4 rhmt hairnyb inn f0r Ha^mt and Yemr and iarena Wdhanif. HAifl fffSTOffV: hair «tMl Uatm thn i dnn't it. f htr ROUTTNEi » wmdf. i hf a iaavain mn- dkvMfxf, tiid m ioaht/ my hirndad iryix a* samt: it-wHfi fipy i w aoUnh" PRODUrrS'; my kah' hnm W* Hamm i AHuikmtm 4k iMmioidar nndMa it may tff mpm* Cartat iMnttm Pa-rntdi/wit iarrya’in tatam mmtura- hUapatf Umi 4* Urn Omaiit mdfoa my hair dmy." hhlOH SOHeBULEi ma* tnKty doi&t i 4^ * adm Of »n4 * LESSON LCANNEDs hmt um midh htat appUmtant w4 *ip with pmxheh Htfw I §tt t (me Utm id hv* mm- me* ftyit my hair, ft U ntmU uMmt iliM iixit, i dumid ttai- iy ibe witsiuiH^ a Allure magazine dedicated space in its August issue to Karina Castaneda, owner of Ecco Goia salon in New York and Charlotte. IS MR. GOODWRENCH^HERE? PHOTO/CURTIS WILSON GMAC sponsored an automotive diagnosis tent Saturday at the Ebony Black Family Reunion at Marshall Park. GMAC is test-mar keting a credit education program for potential auto buyers in Charlotte with the possibility of taking the program national. As cell phone use grows, so does debate over tower placement By Jim Salter THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ST LOUIS - The Southampton Presbyterian Church has always suited its middle class south St. Louis neighborhood, quiet and friendly, a place so tig^t with its community that the neigjibor- hood association met there. But after two years of boister ous meetings and litigation, the 150-member church surroimded by closely-spaced red-brick homes is at odds with its neigji- bors over an issue that has noth ing to do with theology T-Mobile plans to construct a cell phone antenna along the chimney of the two-story 89- year-old white-stone building. In return, the company will pay rent to the church. “That revenue is in exchange for our potential well-being, our peace of mind and our property values,” said David CfBrien, 33, who lives two homes down and remains unconvinced by studies down playing the health threat of low-level radio-fiequency emis sions. “None of us are wiULng to take that risk’ O’Brien said. “None of us are going to put our kids in a bedroom that’s 70 feet away from something that might cause cancer or other problems.” In years past, cell towers and antennas stood anonymously in farm fields, on remote hilltops, on water towers. As cell phone use continues to grow, compa nies must find new places to See AS/7C
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