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Heavy storms that swept across the Northeast over the weekend heightened the tension, dampening sales on the critical last Saturday before Christmas. That has added to pressure on department store retailers to make unplanned markdowns on select items in the final days, says Matthew Katz, a managing director at AlixPartners, a business advisory firm. Katz notes that many retailers launched aggressive TV ads in the past few days. "That's an indication there's a little bit of tension and nervousness," he says...
With only four FCS conferences—including the CAA and the Ivy League—based in the Northeast, the loss of two local programs could have an impact on Harvard’s future recruitment...
Rosenthal said that the Northeast was one of the last areas to be hit by the spread of H1N1, meaning that the nationwide trend may not hold on a regional level...
There was fear that Clemmons could pop up anywhere. Tips and sightings came in from all over. Someone believed they'd seen Clemmons getting off a bus in the University District, home to the University of Washington, in the northeast part of the city. Another call came in suggesting that Clemmons had been spotted at Jose Rizal park in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of south Seattle. Officers were dispatched to bus and train stations. As the search grew more frantic, frustration and fury over the murders grew too. In a demonstration of restrained anguish at a midmorning press conference during...
...according to ShopperTrak, a research firm that tracks activity at more than 50,000 retail outlets. Sales fluctuated by region, with the West scoring the biggest increase at 4.7%. This was followed by the Midwest, where sales rose 1.3%, and the South, which posted a 0.6% gain. The Northeast took the biggest hit, with sales tumbling 4.9%. ShopperTrak co-founder Bill Martin reiterated his earlier projection of a 1.6% sales increase for 2009's holiday season...