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...unexpected combination of Oktoberfest and Columbus day made yesterday a boon for many Harvard Square merchants, although some said drunken revellers did not make the best customers...
Home video has also been a boon for some small films that did well with critics but badly at the box office. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai, a sci- fi comedy that got sympathetic reviews but few theater customers, has gone platinum on cassette (100,000 units sold). Cross Creek, a well-reviewed drama about Novelist Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, surpassed its theatrical revenues with $1.5 million in home-video sales. A few films, like Crimes of Passion, have been re-edited for home video to restore racy or violent footage cut for the theatrical release. Some VCR owners actually prefer...
Political observers around the city question whether LaRosa's support for the CCA might spell political trouble for the first-term councilor and a new coalition for the CCA or a boon for his reelection chances this November...
About the only thing the experts agree on is that illegal immigration is a ^ boon for employers and consumers. Low-cost labor allows businesses to be competitive while earning healthy profits, and some of the benefit is passed along to consumers in the form of lower prices. But illegal immigrants may also compete with unskilled Americans for many jobs. "Some people are hurt by illegal aliens, and some benefit," says Weintraub...
Lower mortgage interest would be a boon to home buyers and builders. In the past two months, rates on fixed mortgages have fallen from nearly 14% to about 12%. Housing starts, though, have responded erratically. The Commerce Department reported last week that new residential construction fell to an annual rate of 1.66 million units in May, down 14% from the previous month. Economists said the figures reflected in part the desire of consumers to wait for lower rates. Said Timothy Howard, chief economist for the Federal National Mortgage Association: "We should be seeing a fairly healthy rebound in new- home...