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• Public doesn’t share optimism about bailout
Aimee Robinson needs a $200,000 loan soon for her business, which sells eco-friendly furniture in Seattle, and wonders whether the bailout might ease the way. The interest rate on her store’s credit card just jumped to 17 percent from 8 percent. ...
• When building green harms the environment
Though if you've got a flair for design and carpentry, you might want to refashion what wood or metals you're throwing away. As anyone who's ever been to an artisanal furniture store can attest, old barn doors and rafters are converted into high-cost ...
• Dangerous cracks appearing in job market
Industries reporting contraction included apparel, furniture, machinery, transportation equipment and electrical appliances. Tony Crescenzi, an analyst at Miller Tabak & Co., said the poor reading raised the chances the Federal Reserve would make an ...
• Financial crisis leads retailers to slash prices
NEW YORK - Alarmed by the financial meltdown, stores nationwide are slapping sale signs on everything from fall sweaters to furniture — frantically trying to attract shoppers who are cutting back. Some analysts were already expecting the weakest ...
• Wanted: Paris Hilton players
They will be given helmets and sledgehammers and will be able to knock down walls, tear up carpets and break furniture," it said. "They will be allowed to break everything they find in the hotel, the bedrooms, the bathrooms and the common areas such ...