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...Salemites but often staffed by out-of-towners, that breezed in yearly to take advantage of high season. These events infuriated several of the store owners. Says Barbara Szafranski, owner of the shop Angelica of Angels, "Why should [a fair owner] come in and make fifty grand in one flush when we spend all year trying to get close to that...
...Still flush from the success of his critically acclaimed documentary “Spellbound,” writer and director Jeffrey Blitz turns from the spelling bee to high school debate in the quirky and dark drama-comedy “Rocket Science...
...getting people to hit the pavement is more than just a health concern. As urban sprawl sends development - and money - farther from downtown, municipalities are looking to combat inner-city decay by keeping the streets flush with pedestrians. In Portland, that means implementing pilot projects such as an artist-designed public restroom in Old Town Chinatown. Many people still regard such municipal facilities as germ-ridden no-go zones or the grotty province of drug dealers and criminals. Regaining confidence in public restrooms would remove one obstacle to renewing the vibrancy of urban centers...
...Nussbaum, a partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, which has represented such firms as Apollo Management and Starwood Capital in LBO transactions. "There are many buyers for practically every seller," he said. All this has left private-equity players scrambling to find the next deal while they're still flush...
...region is flush with surpluses, not deficits. Asian countries have piled up more than $3 trillion in foreign-exchange reserves. And while currencies were overvalued a decade ago, they are undervalued today. The bitter fight between Beijing and Washington over China's massive surplus and undervalued currency is just the most visible part of this phenomenon. With the numbers the region is racking up, no currency trader would bet her Starbucks latte against Asian economies, let alone put real money into attacking Asian currencies. Banks around the region have been cleaned up. The fanciful projects of a decade ago-such...