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Just as they had done against Colgate earlier in the season, Packard and linemate Brett Nowak jump-started a 2-on-1 shorthanded opportunity that culminated in a Packard score. This time, the Kingston, Pa. native beat Falcon goaltender Jordan Sigalet glove-side to make it a two-goal game with 4:57 to play in the period...
Toys don't get much more classic than Lincoln Logs: interlocking brown wooden pieces that kids since 1916 have used to build frontier cabins and fences. Under manufacturer Hasbro, Lincoln Logs languished in recent decades. But three years ago, a small company based in Hatfield, Pa., called K'Nex, licensed the brand and found ways to push it into stores. Ever since, the toys have been tumbling into shoppers' carts. With $50 million in sales this year, they're more popular than ever...
...sell on which exchanges, more and more businesses continue to find the Internet can save them money. Meanwhile, a few smart B2B firms are surviving and even thriving by transforming themselves into auctioneers, brokers and software designers. Late last month, for instance, shares in FreeMarkets, based in Pittsburgh, Pa., jumped 34% in a day after it announced that strong sales to existing customers would push its fourth-quarter revenue...
...There'll certainly be no letup in diplomatic pressure on Arafat to sustain his offensive against the Islamists - the very fact of his current actions appears to prove the thesis that the Palestinian leader only acts under extreme pressure. But the perception that the PA is taking political risks to crack down on radicals is likely to raise pressure on the Israelis in the coming weeks for a resumption of political dialogue. Peres has reportedly been meeting with PA officials to discuss a plan under which Israel would withdraw from all over Gaza and allow Arafat to declare a state...
...calibrate Middle East policy. U.S. mediator General Anthony Zinni was called home from the region last week, and his return date is not currently scheduled as Washington awaits further results from Arafat's efforts against the radicals. The U.S. has made clear it rejects Sharon's declaration of the PA leader as "irrelevant," and wants to avoid a scenario that would result in Arafat's political collapse. But it's unlikely that Arafat will ever do enough to satisfy Sharon; the question is whether and at what point he'll do enough to satisfy Washington...