Amid the disintegrating Russian economy, the auto industry remained remarkably healthy, producing one domestically made product Russians were still eager to buy.

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Sure, domestically made vehicles are expensive when compared to similar models in the U.S. or Mexico, but the import guys are now effectively being priced out.

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Ms. Merkel, mindful of popular resistance domestically, made it clear that the demand for fiscal discipline embodied in a new pact for European Union countries was non-negotiable.

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Trevor Little, a professor at the North Carolina State University college of textiles, reckons that the domestically-made share of the American clothing business will fall to about 25%, but stabilise there for the foreseeable future.

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That, in turn, would make imported goods more expensive domestically and American-made goods cheaper on foreign markets.

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We have made progress on a whole variety of fronts, domestically.

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Even a company as big as Brooks Brothers, with approximately 125 stores nationwide, is now making all of its ties, as well as its luxury, made-to-measure and Black Fleece shirts, domestically.

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Another jeans brand with a similar Americana image also made our list Wrangler Jeans at number 7, which also saw revenue increase 7% domestically and even higher internationally.

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