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...like a bad joke in these recessionary times. But to Jamie Reidy, 45, an out-of-work Los Angeles comic, it's a dream -- or Dreamkeeper, as he calls the foot-high cart. Gold-plated (retailing for $1,000) or chrome-plated ($85), the cart is selling like double-coupon groceries in pricey gift shops and even supermarkets in the U.S., Japan and Europe. "Call it the Pet Rock of the '90s," cracks Reidy, who conceived this "universal image" in 1989 as he wheeled a stray cart in a mall parking...
Other former Soviet republics are already turning their backs on the ruble. Ukraine will launch a new currency called the grivna this spring; Ukraine has made coupons for the money the sole legal tender in state-owned shops. Officially pegged at a rate of one coupon per ruble, the scrip fetches up to 13 rubles on the Ukrainian black market. Belarus intends to issue its own new currency in April, and Moldova and Kazakhstan are planning to print new money as well. Such defections will flood Russia with ever more rubles as the neighboring republics begin exchanging the shaky currency...
...purposes is a rented Houston hotel suite; Texas is one of seven states that have no income tax. In a recent Doonesbury strip, cartoonist Garry Trudeau advised readers to declare their "intention to eventually live in Texas . . . and save big -- just like the President." He included a coupon that could be used to apply for Texas residency...
Doonesbury's got a great tax-cutting plan, and Texas is eager to help. Sunday's Doonesbury strip included a coupon for readers who want to follow George Bush's favorite approach: making his official residence a posh Houston hotel so as to enjoy Texas' nonexistent state income tax. "Howdy!" says the coupon, which is addressed to John Sharp, the Texas comptroller. "I'd like to become a Texan!" Requests are already pouring in, and Sharp is busy sending out real estate ads for would-be residents, along with "Honorary Texan" certificates to get them started...
Czech and Slovak Ministers of Privatizationhave already put a 10-day moratorium on couponsales in an effort to prevent speculators fromfurther depleting coupon stores, according toJezek...