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...communicating core, the youth-apparel industry is a wholesome business activity. Teenagers spent $91.5 billion last year, and the men's and women's active-wear markets grew from $69 billion to $73 billion, according to the NPD Group. For leading Velcro Valley manufacturers like Quiksilver, that means a one-year, 37% increase in sales, to $316 million. Smaller firms like Hurley, Split, Girl, World, Ezekiel, Rusty and Shorties are reporting steady growth on sales of anywhere from $10 million to $70 million...
...much as she has. Here's why: when Mom wants a computer, she goes to Boscov's, her trusted, local department store in Reading, Pa., and buys the cheapest box she can find. Usually she buys something that's been returned and refurbished, though covered under a new one-year warranty. The machine she selects is invariably last year's model. As such, it has plummeted in price--sometimes as much as 50%. Her machine is hardly obsolete: it does what mine does, though somewhat slower. (Her kids are grown; she has time.) She can browse...
...award will take on added significance for Stauffer since Jan. 10 will mark the one-year anniversary of the death of her brother Matt from leukemia. Stauffer twice donated bone marrow to Matt and took the 1997 fall semester off to spend time with...
...Mike Tyson, already on parole after his 1992 rape conviction, tries to eat his way to a heavyweight title and receives a one-year suspension from the Nevada State Athletic Commission. On Tuesday Tyson pleaded no contest to a charge that he kicked and punched two men after an August, 1998 traffic alteration, a plea that threatens to land him back in prison...
...believe rates will keep falling. I'd like to be in a position to refinance again next year without losing any closing costs. The macro bet is to get a one-year, adjustable-rate mortgage. But ARM rates aren't low enough, and I'm opposed to making a macro bet with my home. I could, gulp, be wrong about rates. If I'm right, though, the smart loan is one without closing costs. The time to buy down your rate by paying points and fees is when market rates are poised to trend up, and that...