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Polegato's timing might not be as bad as it seems. While footwear in general, and especially luxury shoes, has suffered in the recession, athletic shoes have not taken as hard a hit. In fact, after the $17.5 billion U.S. athletic footwear market saw flat sales in '08, sneakers are actually up 6% so far this year, according to SportsOneSource, a research firm. Further, while the overall golf business is stuck in the rough - U.S. equipment sales, for example, have dropped 9% this year - spikes have sold relatively well. In the United States, the $500 million golf shoe market...
...composure today. Having a lot of confidence and keeping our heads in our own boat put us across the finish line first.” Though the water on the lake was calm, the elements did not make it easy for the rowers. “The water was flat and there wasn’t too much in terms of current or waves,” Schwartz said. “There was a ton of rain. It started raining from the moment we got off the bus to the moment we got back on, and it was pretty...
...grant recipients—Bernstein, Hochedlinger, and Wilson—did not return requests for comment for this article. Eggan was on vacation and could not be reached for comment. The new grants come at a time when scientists are most in need of support. After five years of flat funding from the National Institutes of Health—the largest source of money for academic research—coupled with rising inflation, scientists are now scrambling for funds from President Obama’s two-year stimulus package, which includes $10.3 billion for the National Institutes of Health...
Shanghai Express. Continental Airlines is the first U.S. carrier with direct, nonstop service to Shanghai from Newark Liberty International Airport. If you're in business class, you get to snooze in flat-bed seats. In economy class, you'll have a 3-3-3 seat configuration with wider aisles, which may help you feel less cramped. All flyers can pass the 14-and-a-half-hour flight watching the airline's new video-on-demand system, with 250 films and TV shows...
...Police has advised financial workers to dress down during the protests, and newspaper fashion writers have offered help on blending in. "Boring cardigan, neatly buttoned and worn with a skinny-ish tie and narrow fit trousers" should offer male bankers some anonymity, one wrote this week. As for women, "flat boots", and "leopard-print cardigan" ought to give marchers the slip. (See pictures of the Top 10 scared traders...