Word: floorings
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...desperately as, say, clothes, so 10-20% deals alone could move the merchandise. According to the liquidation firms, Circuit City sales are beating projections thus far. But with consumer spending so dismal, and so many stores desperate for dollars, Fried might need to shift those stickers to the sales floor. "It used to be that if you were doing a liquidation, you were the only one out there," Fried says. "Now, there's much more competition. You have to be sharper." And ready to sell a 40-inch plasma for chump change...
Spend a few days prowling the packed exhibition floor of Abu Dhabi's World Future Energy Summit, and you might forget that the global economy is suffering through an existential crisis that has overshadowed just about everything else - including climate change. Booths showing off the technology of Chinese solar companies and German wind businesses buzz with visitors. Conference panels on biofuels or green design are half-empty, but that's only because attendees are busier cutting deals...
Many foreign carmakers have already found that out. Auto executives estimate the demand for lithium could exceed supply in a decade. As a result, representatives from companies like Mitsubishi and Toyota have approached the Morales government to get in on the ground floor of Bolivia's lithium development. They've been routinely turned away. "All they wanted to do was carry away the raw lithium carbonate," says Echazu, "and that's not what we're after." (See the top 10 green ideas...
...coworkers realized that the powder might constitute a serious threat to her safety, she immediately contacted the University police. Within the hour, the Cambridge police and fire departments along with the University’s Environmental Health and Safety team had arrived and sealed off the fifth floor...
...last four years, the space below Beauty and Main, which was located on the second floor of its Brattle Street location, had been vacant following a bookstore closing. This contributed to less people visiting the store, Richard said...