Shoppers in New York brushed off some gloomy economic forecasts and packed into stores Friday after the Thanksgiving Day holiday, kicking off one of the busiest US shopping periods of the year.
While economists have suggested this year's holiday season will likely see only a small increase in takings over last year due to weak consumer confidence, there was little sign of depressed sales on New York's streets.
"I was up at two-thirty this morning to shop," said Kim Melise, 22, a New Yorker who was struggling to get into Bloomingdale's department store with his arms already weighed down by bags of shopping.
Friday, November 23, 2007
Daily news: New York shoppers beat economic blues at 'Black Friday' sales
Daily news: Hey does anyone know why it's called black friday?
Hey does anyone know why it's called black friday?
Yes, the answer is: from the financial point of view, red in books means minus, negative number( loss ), black number means positive (profit ). After BLACK FRIDAY, most of the businesses were able to make money for the whole year.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Daily news: Happy Thanksgiving Day!
Unseasonably balmy weather greeted cheering crowds as the giant balloons in the traditional Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade floated through the streets of Manhattan.
The parade, held on a sunny morning with a temperature nearing 60 degrees, offered a mix of new attractions and longtime favorites, solemn tributes and lighthearted spectacle.
Shrieking youngsters lined the streets as the balloons floated down Central Park West, including an imposing Ronald McDonald and a humongous Snoopy controlled by several dozen volunteers holding ropes.
Carrying banners and flags, some 10,000 participants — half of them Macy's employees — set out on the parade route down the west side of Central Park, then down Broadway through Times Square. The lineup included three new balloons, 2,000 cheerleaders, 800 clowns, the Radio City Rockettes and 11 marching bands — including the Virginia Tech Regimental Band, playing in honor of the victims of last spring's campus shooting.
Monday, November 19, 2007
Daily news: Hate crime incidents rose nearly 8 percent last year
WASHINGTON - Hate crime incidents rose nearly 8 percent last year, the FBI reported Monday, as civil rights advocates increasingly take to the streets to protest what they call official indifference to intimidation and attacks against blacks and other minorities, more news on http://www.topexnews.com/
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Daily news: Electronics 'recycled in the most horrific way
Most Americans think they're helping the earth when they recycle their old computers, televisions and cell phones. But chances are they're contributing to a global trade in electronic trash that endangers workers and pollutes the environment overseas. More news at http://www.topexnews.com/
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Daily news: Powerful cyclone that killed at least 1,723 people.
DHAKA, Bangladesh - Hundreds of thousands of survivors were stuck Saturday behind roads blocked by fallen trees, iron roofs and thick sludge as rescue workers fought to reach towns along Bangladesh's coast that were ravaged by a powerful cyclone that killed at least 1,723 people.
Friday, November 16, 2007
Daily news: Important News of the Day
Important News of the Day
Important news of the Day:Senate on Friday blocked a Democratic proposal to pay for the Iraq war but require that troops start coming home.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
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