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...OPEC could yank the supply chain if fighting between Israelis and Palestinians escalates. "This is not a stretch," says Nicholas Sargen, chief global-market strategist at JP Morgan Private Bank. "As the violence picks up, the probability rises that OPEC could get involved again...
...introduced a new kind of rock `n' roll to people who, in Azerrad's words, "would seek out the little radio stations to the left of the dial that didn't have such great reception, who would track down the little photocopied fanzine, who would walk past the sprawling chain record store with the lighted sign and go across town to the little mom-and-pop." Music fans who wonder precisely how the next big sound is going to wend its way into the hearts of the boomlet kids who are, as you read these words, snapping up copies...
...news: According to the Commerce Department, consumer spending rose 0.4 percent in June after a 0.3-percent gain in May. And incomes rose 0.3 percent in June after rising 0.2 percent in May. Both figures were slightly above expectations - and, along with some strong weekly chain-store retail sales numbers reported by the Redbook Retail Sales Average and the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, were eagerly taken as signs that those tax rebate checks - even though the first $4 billion of them just arrived in mailboxes last week...
Case in point: in my friends’ eyes, the most salient aspect of my personality is now my sales prowess at the local housewares chain where I work. “This is Tom,” said one friend as she introduced me to her roommate. “Ask him to pretend he’s selling you sheets...
...healthiest way to deal with most major transitions, though, is acceptance, and that’s exactly how I’m approaching my temporary shift from mild-mannered undergrad to bedding-retail superhero. The chain store in question has a Boston-area outlet, which I plan to visit come September. I might even take along my nametag and surreptitiously assist a few customers, if only for the sheer novelty of it all. And if you ask me to pretend to sell you sheets, I’ll certainly oblige. I hear it’s a great...