Word: parkes
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...third of Taiwanese companies are ordering employees to take unpaid leave as the global economic downturn worsens, according to a recent survey by Yes123, a Taiwanese employment website. Especially hard-hit is the Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park, Taiwan's version of Silicon Valley, where more than 90% of the world's notebook computers, motherboards and cable modems, to name a few leading products, are made. It's also where most U.S. companies turn to subcontract manufacturing of their high-tech goods. (See the worst business deals...
...While It's Hot. New York Restaurant Week continues. Catch a $24.07 lunch at Danny Meyer's Eleven Madison Park (11 Madison Avenue; 212-889-0905) or a $35 dinner at the 170-year-old financial district institution Delmonico's Steak House (56 Beaver Street; 212-509-1144) while you can. It's back to business as usual...
...Trot. Clear out! The Miami Marathon and Half-Marathon are being run through the city on Sunday, Jan. 25, starting at the American Airlines Arena and finishing in Bayfront Park. The gun goes off at 6:15am...
...come. For the past week, taxi drivers and commuters have been complaining about the cordon set up around the Hay-Adams Hotel, where the Obamas have been living (they're set to move into the Blair House on Thursday). Barring traffic around the posh accommodations, just across Lafayette Park from the White House, has clogged the capital's arteries. It's also compounding the crosstown traffic crawl, which has only gotten worse since President Clinton shut down the nearby two blocks of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in 1995 following the Oklahoma City bombing...
...Psychology of Stimulus So the scramble is on. The big splash water park - complete with a gym and "quality meeting space" - might sound like a waste of $22 million, but it would provide a nice stimulus for the people of Gastonia, N.C. The travel industry wants a $10 million loan to promote the U.S. as a destination, a tougher job these days. To the American Apparel & Footwear Association, this crisis only highlights the need to eliminate import tariffs on shoes. "Building self-esteem is critical," explains Matt Rubel, CEO of the parent company of Payless, "and not having...