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Ship owners have learned to protect profits even with soft demand. Ships have become bigger, and "economies of scale really work" on cruises, says John Maxwell, a leisure-industry analyst at Merrill Lynch in New York City. Ways of extracting extra money from passengers have become more sophisticated, like TV sets that allow gambling from one's stateroom and premium restaurants that charge a supplement. Driscoll estimates that Carnival makes 20% of its revenues from onboard charges...
...arms of fashionable women since the 1970s. Go for a $1,500 hand-painted python tube designed by Tomas Maier. Snap-closure compartments give it a practical twist, with enough room for your mobile phone and PDA. Tod's: These tie-end bags, $1,200 apiece, are so soft they could have been made from taffy rather than leather. But they still look sophisticated enough to take to work. Hogan: Part of the Tod's Group, Hogan's stylish bags have the same legendary quality but less of the sticker shock. The company's spring bags, aimed...
...soft hiring freeze on staff, implemented last winter will continue indefinitely, Berman and Hoffman told the council...
...kids are trying,” he said. “We’ve tried. We’ve had games where we outshoot people and we don’t finish, or we outshoot and maybe we let in a soft goal or two, or we don’t get it done on specialty teams, but it hasn?...
Part of this increase may be due to a new ban on soft contributions, preventing industries that use soft money from giving as much to political campaigns or party committees, according the report...