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...down economy. However, consumers shouldn't be as giddy as they were, say, six months ago, when stores were running 70% clearance sales to shed their excess holiday inventory. Stores have wised up a bit and cut inventory levels to match the slack in demand. So while retailers may offer lean discounts, we're beyond the slash-and-burn era. "Consumers are going to see moderately priced value offerings," says George Whalin, president of Retail Management Consultants. "The really, really deep mark-downs aren't going to happen this year...
...suicidal amounts of energy and money in creating a super-child who will make the bar and beat the odds. And there is nothing more expensive than space, and nothing more rare than silence. Yoga is a new and lucrative business in China, because its centers (expensive and exclusive) offer both...
...Seeking to offer a good word for America, and for Harvard, I asked the two men what they thought about our culturally sensitive policies. Sarkozy might want to ban burqas in France, I said, but in America, women can wear what they want. In recent years, I added, Harvard has constructed a private prayer space for Muslim students, and given Muslim women special hours for working out in the Quadrangle Recreational Athletic Center. My words fell on uncomprehending ears. I was as powerless as Royal to communicate my beliefs. The two friends did not understand what I meant when...
Bargain hunters are also successfully negotiating discounts at big-name chains. For example, Duke Dougherty, a rookie haggler in Williston, N.C., asked for - and received - 10% off a $4,000 John Deere lawn mower at Lowe's, even though the sale offer had expired. Dougherty, who works in the aerospace industry, told the rep he had his checkbook ready but would walk away unless he got the deal. "Hell, $400 is $400," he says. "It was kind of a trip I pulled that...
Unless Iran responds positively to President Obama's offer of talks on its nuclear program by next month, it could face what Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calls "crippling sanctions." That was the message from Administration officials touring the Middle East in recent weeks. And it's backed by congressional moves to pass legislation aimed at choking off the gasoline imports on which Iran relies for almost a third of its consumption, by punishing third-country suppliers. It sounds impressive and, for an undiversified economy like Iran's, potentially calamitous. But a number of Iran analysts are skeptical that...