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...Bahama Bay on Grand Bahama Island, a one-year bicoastal membership to Sports Club L.A. (with facilities in a half-dozen other locations), a string of real pearls, Dooney & Bourke leather rolling luggage, a 365-day supply of Dove chocolates and Sprint Fusic mobile phones, which retail for $329 each. Just how much the IRS gets is between them and their tax accountants...
...without the use of chemicals but also because they draw a good price in a health-conscious place like Westchester County. (Despite the close links, Barber insists that the Stone Barns farm sells its produce to his Blue Hill restaurants at fair-market value. The farm also sells to retail customers at a small but busy on-site market...
...alternative to the FEMA trailer." Her models, which the government is considering for Katrina-ravaged areas, range from a 308-sq.-ft. studio to a 434-sq.-ft. two-bedroom version and feature full-size porches shaded by eaves. Already, Cusato says, she is in negotiations with a large retail chain to sell her houselets to the public as well...
...avoiding entry-level dslrs altogether because, notes Fujifilm U.K.'s director of photo products Adrian Clarke, the market is "fiercely competitive." Instead, Fujifilm is banking on the printing business, a strategy that stems from its heritage as a film provider. Sales of its "minilab" printing equipment to British retailers such as Tesco, Boots and Jessops had been reliable for five years, at about 600 units per year. But in 2005, those numbers halved. The company says that major retail customers no longer needed to buy new minilabs, so Fujifilm is now promoting "in-store ordering terminals" to new customers...
...hasn't acted in nearly a decade, and although 140 local living-wage laws have been enacted in the U.S., most apply just to city workers or contractors. Union leaders say the Chicago rule means a long-overdue raise for the working poor. In real terms, wages for nonmanagerial retail workers have fallen 18% since 1975. But David Vite, president of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association, says the law could deter inner-city economic development. "Companies affected by this ordinance have capital budgets they can spend anywhere in the U.S.," Vite says, "and they'll now go elsewhere." Target...