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...would get nervous if people were bringing their clothes into the store to make their rent,” Booth said...
...Association. “We’re confident that this will also be a very popular location.” Tory Row was originally scheduled to open last November, after Curtis and Lutes signed a lease with Getz that fall. “The owners have been paying rent all along, but they have very high standards around the place’s design and concept,” Jillson said. “So this has all been prolonged.” Tory Row was a former nickname of Brattle Street, where many loyalists lived during the American...
...None of those things is a good enough reason to rent dozens of retail locations in big cities and hire staff to demonstrate products. Getting the launch of Windows 7, which is the financial future of the company, done right is a perfect reason to open as many stores to demonstrate the new software as is possible. It allows Redmond the chance to put the new Windows in front of people in a controlled environment with biased experts taking customers through features...
...class of buyers that shouldn't be in homes at all because they don't have the income," says Edward Leamer, professor of economics at UCLA. "We have to figure out what to do with these folks." There have been ideas on how to return owners to the rent rolls. Last year, for example, Arizona Congressman Ral Grijalva proposed changing foreclosure rules to let homeowners petition a judge to let them remain where they are as renters for a defined period...
...Some policymakers, activists and scholars say these are crimes of opportunity - and that the law may be helping to create that opportunity. Prostitution is a shadow profession in Hong Kong. It is technically legal, but traditional brothels are classified as illegal "vice establishments." Landlords who rent a single premise to more than one sex worker can face jail time. This means sex workers are forced to operate mainly as one-woman businesses out of their homes. There are approximately 1,600 one-woman brothels in Hong Kong, according to the Hong Kong police. Operating in isolation and without protection, these...