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When angry Hungarian taxi drivers and truckers blocked roads after a gasoline price rise of 65%, the government backed off: the increase was halved, and officials agreed to consult with unions and other parties on price hikes. Similar protests have erupted in Bulgaria, where electricity is rationed as much as...
Christmas sales started especially early this year, as nervous retailers tried to get a head start on the competition. Labor Day had barely passed when some retailers started decking their shelves with tinsel and flashing lights, startling more than a few suntanned customers. By Halloween, major stores were slashing prices...
The Molodezhny milk store in the Frunze District of northwest Moscow used to be famous for its dairy products. Nowadays, almost no customers are seen there during peak afternoon shopping hours. No wonder. Refrigerator cases offer bottles of a sour apple-grape drink instead of butter and cheese. In a...
HOARDING. Stores have been battered in recent weeks by waves of panic buying ; that have periodically cleaned shelves of sugar, milk, flour, matches and other staples. As a Moscow housewife sheepishly confesses, "My kitchen is loaded with cereals, and my bathroom is piled with soap. I can barely turn around...
Evans said that there is an excess of books in America "collecting dust on shelves" while South African universities such as the University of Zululand, the University of The North and Fort Hare University suffer from a scarcity of even the most basic textbooks.