Business and Finance
JAPAN UNVEILED a package of market-opening initiatives intended to persuade the White House to call off its trade offensive, but the plan isn't likely to bring U.S. negotiators back to the table anytime soon. Tokyo's measures are largely a repackaging of proposals made in the framework talks that failed last month.</br></br>Grumman set up a process for Northrop and Martin Marietta to submit final bids for the defense company by Thursday afternoon, but Northrop criticized the new rules as essentially forcing it to "bid against itself."</br></br>---</br></br>Kodak plans to seek alliances with major computer companies and recruit new talent in an effort to restructure its core imaging business to emphasize electronic technology.</br></br>---