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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...leading importers of Rolls-Royces and caviar. The unofficial estimate is that 6 million Italian workers, one-third of the labor force, are employed in the underground economy. The latest attempt at a crackdown: a law to make cash registers compulsory in the 800,000 (out of 1.2 million) retail stores that now keep their money in a drawer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dodging Taxes in the Old World | 3/28/1983 | See Source »

...December, the Massachusetts Legislature voted to repeal the statutes prohibiting retail sales on Sundays, the outgrowth of a Massachusetts tradition as old as the Pilgrims. The new law--which formally goes into effect Sunday--affects most retail establishments except for liquor stores...

Author: By Mary Humes, | Title: Sunday Retail Sales to Begin in Square | 3/23/1983 | See Source »

...that may render their expensive turntables and library of LPs as out of date as Edison's first talking machine. This month two major manufacturers, Sony and Magnavox, are introducing a limited number of digital record players in audio and department stores across the U.S. The machines, which retail for $800 to $1,000, use a laser beam instead of a conventional tone arm and stylus to play compact discs, or CDs, that are only 4.7 in. in diameter and will sell for about $17. Says Dan Davis, vice president of the National Association of Recording Merchandisers: "There...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Think Small: Here Come CDs | 3/21/1983 | See Source »

Both groups vocally protested the original plans to build a massive retail and hotel complex on Parcel lb. The developer subsequently agreed to change his plans, and work on the site began earlier this year...

Author: By Catherine L. Schmidt, | Title: Community Groups Tackle Zoning, Licensing Issues | 3/8/1983 | See Source »

...economy in Colbert beat his campaign there, that people in the area really had not had a change of heart. Unemployment in Colbert County stood at 20.9% at the beginning of last year and had fallen to 17.3% toward the end, much of the drop attributable to alcohol. The retail-sales growth rate in Colbert County for the first nine months of 1982, the latest available figure, nearly doubled the 1.81% growth rate of the state, while Lauderdale County next door fell to less than half the state average...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Alabama: Voting Dry and Practicing Wet | 3/7/1983 | See Source »

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