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...Whether Target sees an uptick in sales of purple linens remains to be seen, but each of these rock-and-retail experiments brings the future of the record industry into slightly sharper relief. And for mature acts who can bring an upscale fan base into stores, that future appears to be brightening...
...reiterated its sell opinion on shares of GM, which are commanding a mere $2.04 a share - about the price of a subway ride in New York City. Observing that the industry is gripped by an "automotive depression," S&P's Efraim Levy added, "We do not foresee an uptick in industry demand before Q4 '09 at the earliest." Chrysler was spared a similar indignity because it is privately held...
...analyst at the New York boutique firm Greenhill & Company who has interviewed students at Harvard and Princeton, said that summer applications to his company from Harvard students had nearly doubled this year.Marks, who is also a former Crimson managing editor, added that part of the uptick could have been due simply to increased recruiting efforts by the firm.Besides looking at smaller companies, students also appear to be more receptive to far-flung locales in their job searches.Elena D. Butler ’10 said that traditionally unpalatable cities were coming into play more than in times past...
...other words, the trauma is far from over. Just consider the uptick in the delinquency rate of loans written in 2003 and 2004. A borrower who falls behind on payments typically does so within the first two or three years, but now the problems are reaching ever further back. "These older vintages should be out of the woods, but they're not," says Jadlos. That's partly because dropping property values have driven homes, on average, down to what they cost four years ago. Add in all those home equity loans people used to free up cash...
...Valentine’s Day,” he said. At Upstairs on the Square, the outlook was rosy, even outside of the holiday. Matthew C. Lishanky, director of operations, said that Upstairs has seen little to no change in business overall—possibly even a small uptick. Lishanky said that Feb. 14 had been booked far in advance, with 30 people hoping for an opening on the restaurant’s waitlist. As for Valentine’s Day, “There wasn’t an empty table from 11 in the morning until midnight...