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...metered fare from Grand Central Station on the first day of the strike, said her daughter had a taxi driver who tried to charge her $25 to get from the West Side to the East Side. Several taxi drivers refused to comment on fares during the strike. Small retail businesses, which make some of their biggest profits during the holiday season, are faced significant losses due to the strike. “Any kind of interference in the daily pattern of New York makes a difference,” a salesperson at a small Upper East Side department store said...
...billion Estimated U.S. retail sales during the 2005 holiday season, up 6% from last year...
Sources: National Retail Federation; New York City Mayor's Office; Washington Post; National Comorbidity Study; British Medical Journal (2); Bloomberg; Jackson, Miss., Clarion-Ledger and Louisiana department of insurance
...competing game console may be worth the wait. Due out this spring, the PS3 is supposed to have better graphics and will support up to seven wireless game pads (Xbox 360 allows four). PS3's best advantage: it will play high-definition Blu-ray DVDs. But at an expected retail price of $400 to $500, it won't come cheap. TAPPING INTO THE POWER OF FUEL CELLS Could Medis Technologies turn the Energizer Bunny into roadkill? The company's disposable $19.99 fuel cell batteries will deliver up to 20 hours of cell-phone talk time. Optional adapters allow...
...Small retail businesses, which make some of their biggest profits during the holiday season, are also facing significant losses due to the strike...