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...from $60 two years ago and $15 in 1998. Demand remains high...
...says. "I don't think I'm close to that price yet." When Chicago's Alinea raised the price for its Tour, which comprises more than 20 courses, reservations just continued going up. "You would think that increasing the Tour from $175 to $195 would have an effect on demand, but the overall percentage of Tours we sell on any given night has increased steadily," says co-owner Nick Kokonas. In fact, the restaurant wound up dropping its comparatively cheap $85 prix fixe meal, since no one was ordering...
...include produce. Long-term employees asked for an extra week's pay instead of an extra week's vacation. (They got it.) Workers with less experience asked for quarterly, not annual, bonuses if their store met targets. (They got it.) Wal-Mart, in turn, wanted help available at peak demand in the stores, meaning nights and weekends. (Of course it got it.) The company has also instituted some wage caps...
...Arts, in the New College Theatre, in the fellowship program at Radcliffe, in poetry and creative writing classes in the Department of English, in the teaching and scholarship of the Graduate School of Design (GSD), in the lives of faculty, students, and staff. We confront ever increasing demand for opportunities for artistic expression, both within and beyond the curriculum. We anticipate a significant place for the arts as a central component of our growth in Allston...
...Economists note that at least part of China's soaring demand comes from its artificially low prices. Together, the Chinese and Indian governments provide suppliers about $15 billion a year in subsidies. A recent report by consulting firm McKinsey & Co. estimates that "ending fuel subsidies worldwide would cut demand for transportation fuels by three million barrels a day" - about 3.4%. Meanwhile, the recent shortages have led at least one Beijing resident to rethink his personal fuel consumption. Stuck in line at a gas station Wednesday, Du Peng remarked, "Now I'll have to reconsider my plan to purchase...