Word: discounted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...even has to wonder about the Harvard insignia department. On a recent visit, an employee of the Coop told Dartboard that they carried only two kinds of Harvard sweatpants. Meanwhile, J. August has four, in four different colors! In addition, J. August offers a 10 percent discount to students, unlike a certain rebate-less organization we could name...
...Minohara have coped with the strong yen and its relentless rise since January, Japanese business leaders were shaken last week when the currency soared to a record 80.15 to the U.S. dollar. (The dollar fetched 240 yen 10 years ago.) Tokyo responded by slashing the Japanese central bank's discount rate from 1.75% to a record low of 1%. The idea was to make any interest-bearing Japanese investment less attractive to foreign investors who might then choose to put their money in dollar-denominated bonds and thus strengthen demand for that currency. The government also unveiled an emergency plan...
...show goes up during the Arts First festival and will continue through the next weekend, for a grand total of twelve shows. To encourage a feeling of oneness with the Big E, the Onion Weavers plan to offer a fifty-percent discount to anyone who shows up with some form of sideburns...
...able to freely go about buying whatever brand of television I want to. There's something to be said for free choice." (Some MCA-ers may not agree: last week there was a run on the company store, as employees scurried to buy Matsushita hardware at discount before it was shipped back to Osaka...
Dozens of Alabama Baptist ministers are upset over Kmart's decision to stay open on Easter Sunday for the first time in the company's history. The ministers contend the discount chain is exploiting a religious holiday to make money. Some 35 ministers wrote to the Troy, Mich.-based retailer and two store managers in Dothan, Ala., urging Kmart to reconsider. Kmart said its employees will be working short Easter shifts on a voluntary basis and that the company is staying open to meet the needs of customers...