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...firm that tracks consumer trends, said its index of consumption rose from 4.2 in July to 4.5 in August, signalling that Germans are expected to spend more. "The digital sector is booming," says Marcus Neuhaus, manager of a ProMarkt electronics and appliance chain store on Berlin's trendy Kurfürstendamm. According to Neuhaus, sales of high-end TVs costing between €4,000 and €7,000 are up 15-20% this year. Digital cameras, laptops and even €800 espresso machines are selling fast. "Price is a secondary consideration," Neuhaus says. "People want the latest technology." While...
...Berlin is the worst place to be," she says. "I have lots of friends who are unemployed. They make do for a while, but most move away eventually." Stefan Linse, 34, used to be a salesman in a boutique on the city's upmarket shopping street, the Kurfürstendamm: "I lost my job because people think twice before spending their money on extras like expensive clothes or dinner at a restaurant." Even Berlin's famous nightlife has been affected by the glum mood. Mike Stolz, co-owner of Guppi, a trendy bar in the Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood, complains that...
...message, which is illegal, normally does not apply to Europeans. The owner of a sidewalk café on West Berlin's Kurfürstendam excludes Turks because they "lower the tone" of his establishment. Says Brahim Chanchabi, 29, a Tunisian student in Paris: "You see it in people's eyes. It's not so much a look of hatred as of fear. The other day an elderly woman just started yelling at me, saying, 'Go back to your own country...
Berlin police began a search for foreign currency, principally dollars and pounds. On the Friedrichstrasse and the Kurfürstendamm, 27 raids took place and vast quantities of real money were confiscated. All persons received the privilege of calling at the police station after two days to receive the value of their money in marks...
...Greq Britz (Greg Chaimers, Tony Visone) 5.54 P. Steve Taylor (Mark Ostendorf Mike Bolstad) 11.06 P. Gates Orlando (Kurf Kienen dorst Rich Costello) 59 H. Gary Martin (Phil Falcone) 4.37 H. Jim Turner (Shayne Kukulowiez Mark Fusco) 13.47 H. M. Fusco (Brad Kwong) 16.51. P. Jim Robbins (Hugh Toppazzini) 17.29 H. M. Fusco (unassisted) 2.00. H. Rob Wheeler (Brian Busconi, (Dave Burke) 2.32 H. Visone (Chaimers) 8.33. P. Kleinendorsf (Orlando Costello) 12.48. P. Costello (Tim Army Steve Rooney...