Word: retailing
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...land known as the "ledge site" is currently occupied by a small retail strip made up of a bank, drugstore, and a dry cleaning establishment...
Dozoretz and Rich have more in common than their support for Clinton. They are successful businesswomen. Rich is a well-known songwriter; Dozoretz made it big in retail clothing before marrying. Both entertain lavishly, Rich in her penthouse apartment overlooking Central Park and Dozoretz in a $4 million mansion north of Georgetown. Although both have raised money for the Clintons, Dozoretz, who was finance chair of the Demo- cratic National Committee in 1999, is more active and, sources say, introduced Rich to the library effort. They were among 15 donors invited to one of the first library fund raisers...
...second trip up the Hill this year, this time for his semi-annual courtesy call on Phil Gramm's Senate Finance Committee, Greenspan started off with the good news. Though "for the period ahead, downside risks predominate," Greenspan said - despite some surprising January strength, including Tuesday morning's retail sales numbers - the long-term economic picture "remains quite favorable...
...standing outside a store without making a purchase." Now, I don't want to sound presumptuous, and I believe America is a wonderfully capitalist country, but I know of no statute, federal or state, that requires everyone to make a purchase when standing within 20 feet of an open retail establishment...
...same atmosphere of suspicion hangs over New York. In the past year electricity bills for residents of New York City and parts of Westchester County, one of the first areas in the country to have retail rates entirely deregulated, have soared as much as 30%. Although most of that increase is due to rising cost of the gas and oil that power generators in the Northeast, it has also cast a harsh light on independent power producers and middlemen who rule the wholesale market. To reduce any chance of foul play, the New York State public service commission is considering...