"It’s an English invasion of sorts.... the British are returning to Boston!’’
I thought we chased that crowd out 200+ years ago.
Related: Sunday Globe Insults: Jews Were Tory Traitors
Yeah, somehow THAT (along with a whole pile of other stuff) NEVER makes my state-sanctioned history books or Zionist-owned AmeriKan MSM.
"Newbury St. site of new British invasion; Weak dollar, low rent help draw international merchants to struggling retail hub" by Jenn Abelson, Globe Staff | November 4, 2009
It’s an English invasion of sorts....
“Newbury Street has a feeling of Europe....’’
“Newbury Street is Boston’s preeminent luxury and style brand shopping destination....’’ Doggart said.
Related: Can You Tell Me How to Get to Newbury Street?
Nancy Michel of Brookline:
“It’s a wasteland here compared to what it was last year. For these British merchants, the weak dollar is a benefit to them. Maybe they’ll be able to make it here.’’
But NOT TO YOU, American!
A WEAK DOLLAR means YOUR MONEY is WORTH LESS!!
That is why PRICES KEEP RISING!
Craig Smith, a spokesman for Ted Baker, which features a Mad Hatter theme at its Newbury store hawking $1,000 velvet blazers and $700 wool coats:
“Class is permanent as they say.’’
And YOU AIN'T in THAT CLASS, readers -- NOR am I (and would not want to be)!
Miles Gray, Ben Sherman’s chief executive:
“Seems like the British are returning to Boston!’’
The Redcoats are coming, the Redcoats are coming!!!
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So WHAT are they bringing with them?
"Crude price rises $1.47 as Fed meets" by Associated Press | November 4, 2009
Oil prices rose yesterday as the Federal Reserve began a two-day policy meeting on interest rates. The US government stepped in to bail out faltering banks and other giant businesses over the past year, which has helped send the dollar tumbling and the price of oil sharply higher. Since oil is largely bought and sold in dollars, investors holding stronger currencies can buy more crude for less and have done so in recent months, sending the price of benchmark crude above $80 near the end of October. Crude has been plentiful because the global economic slowdown has crimped demand, particularly in the United States.... The average price for a gallon of regular gasoline fell a half penny overnight to $2.68, according to auto club AAA. That’s 22.5 cents more than a month ago, and 27.1 cents more than gas cost at this time last year.
Yeah, so consider yourself lucky, America!
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"Johnson & Johnson to cut jobs; Workforce will shrink by 8,000 as health care company braces for change" by Damian J. Troise, Associated Press | November 4, 2009
NEW YORK - Johnson & Johnson said yesterday it will cut up to about 8,000 jobs and streamline its operations in an effort to cut costs as it braces for changes in the health care industry....
Related: Not Making It in Massachusetts
J&J owns two companies in Massachusetts: Transform Pharmaceuticals in Lexington and Codman & Shurtleff Inc., a Raynham company that develops and markets diagnostic and therapeutic products for the treatment of central nervous system disorders....
That isn't going to help the local employment picture!
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Neither is this:
"Harvey closing Springfield plant" by Associated Press | November 4, 2009
SPRINGFIELD - Window and door manufacturer Harvey Building Products will close its Springfield facility and move about 100 jobs to other locations in New England. The Waltham-based company says a slowdown in the housing market, along with an upcoming option to renew the lease on the Springfield plant, prompted the decision. The Western Massachusetts workers will be offered jobs at plants in Dartmouth and Londonderry, N.H., which plan to add about 45 positions each next year. Harvey officials say the company’s most popular products are already made at company-owned plants in those communities....
Would you want to uproot yourself and move a few miles?
No place like home, right?
"Hartford posts loss as investments lag" by Bloomberg News | November 4, 2009
NEW YORK - Hartford Financial Services Group, the insurer that replaced its chief executive after a US bailout, reported its fifth straight quarterly loss on declines in the value of investments...."
Related: Lying Looters Large and Small: Insuring Profits
Maybe they can clean this up:"Emotions flow after water main break" by Meghan E. Irons, Globe Staff | November 4, 2009
Lou and Lynne Rizzo lost everything last week when water burst through a main delivery pipe near Claremont Park, gushed down their South End street like a raging river, and blew through their condo, which is below street level.
Furniture. Appliances. Computers. Clothing. Food. Toys. Photo albums.
Gone....
Since the water invasion last Wednesday, the Rizzos, whose condo was filled with 5 feet of water, and several residents on Claremont Avenue have not been able to live in their homes. Anger has been rising over what residents say is a lack of response from the city over their plight. For five days, they say, they were on their own, sleeping on friends’ sofas, getting help from neighbors, coming to terms with the catastrophe. Only yesterday, the Rizzos said, did the city offer them temporary housing....
I told you Americans were not like Pashtun.
Still being sheltered out there. What PATIENT PEOPLE!
If it weren’t for friends who gave them shelter and assistance, they don’t know what they would have done. “It’s been a nightmare,’’ Lynne Rizzo said. “Thank God for our friends.’’
AND FAMILY!!!!
Certainly NOT LOOTING GOVERNMENT!
Nevertheless, we get the daily dose of business smoke-blowing you-know-where:
Yeah, that's what they are using on you and me, readers:
Factory orders rise for fifth month
Lifting hopes of a recovery, auto sales rise
Retail sales show rise over a dismal 2008
Hey, some industries are doing great!
"Box office results lift Viacom revenue" by Bloomberg News | November 4, 2009
NEW YORK - Viacom Inc., the owner of MTV Networks and the Paramount Pictures film studio, said third-quarter profit rose 15 percent, more than analysts estimated, on higher box office revenue and an easing advertising slump.
Net income increased to $463 million.... Box office sales for “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra’’ and “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’’ helped drive movie profit, along with expense and job cuts, even as DVD sales continued to drop....
Say what?
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FLASHBACK:
"Americans flock to movies, seeking silver-screen lining; Box office sales surge in midst of recession" by Michael Cieply and Brooks Barnes, New York Times | March 1, 2009
LOS ANGELES - Hollywood could get used to this recession thing.
While much of the economy is teetering between bust and bailout, the movie industry has been startled by a box-office surge that has little precedent in the modern era. Suddenly it seems as if everyone is going to the movies, with ticket sales this year up 17.5 percent, to $1.7 billion, according to Media by Numbers, a box-office tracking company.
And yet they are getting TAX BREAKS and TAX GIVEAWAYS from my state.
See: Making Movies in Massachusetts
And it is not just because ticket prices are higher. Attendance has also jumped, by nearly 16 percent. If that pace continues through the year, it would amount to the biggest box-office surge in at least two decades.
Not by me. I haven't been to the movies in two years. The last good movie I saw was Sicko, and considering the dissing my favorite film took, I will never pay for a ticket to a movie ever again.
(Update: I did recently pay for and see "District 9" and really liked it. The analogies and parallels to the past and present -- as well as the allusions to a none-too-happy future for the oppressors of today -- were poignant and powerful. Rather than do a review here, I would simply tell you to pay your $5.50 or $7.50 or $10.50 or whatever it is JUST THIS ONCE and go see the film for yourself)
Americans, for the moment, just want to hide in a very dark place, said Martin Kaplan, the director of the Norman Lear Center for the study of entertainment and society at the University of Southern California.
Yeah, HIDE in the DARK away from the LIGHT and TRUTH, America! I wish I could say that was the exception; however, it is the rule around here.
"It's not rocket science," he said. "People want to forget their troubles, and they want to be with other people."
In the DARK where you CAN'T TALK to anyone and are a SPECTATOR!
Americans, you are pathetic!!!!
You know, if I'm going to be in the dark with another person, I'd rather be having sex -- not watching a movie!
Helping feed the surge is the mix of movies, which have been more audience-friendly in recent months as the studios have tried to adjust after the lackluster sales of more somber and serious films.
Translation: Americans like crap.
As she stood in line at the 18-screen Bridge theater complex here on Thursday to buy weekend tickets for "Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience," Angel Hernandez was not thinking much about escaping reality. Instead, Hernandez, a Los Angeles parking lot attendant and mother of four young girls, was focused on one very specific reality: her wallet.
Even with the movie carrying a premium price of $15 because of its 3-D effects - children's tickets typically run $9 at the Bridge - Hernandez saw the experience as a bargain.
"Spending hundreds of dollars to take them to Disneyland is ridiculous right now," she said. "For $60 and some candy money I can still be a good mom and give them a little fun."
Oh, THAT'S WHAT being a GOOD MOM is, huh? Shoveling money at Hollywood and CANDY into the KIDS!!!!
I've been typing it all day, readers, and I've had it.
(Thank the Almighty those days are done)
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The film industry appears to have had a hand in its recent good luck. Over the last year or two, studios have released movies that are less depressing than what came before. After poor results for a spate of serious dramas built around the Middle East ("The Kingdom," "Lions for Lambs," "Rendition"), Hollywood got back to comedies like "Paul Blart: Mall Cop," a review-proof lark about an overstuffed security guard.
Translation: Americans DON'T LIKE WARS, especially when we have been LIED TO ABOUT THEM!!!!!!!!!! And we don't like STINK ELITE, AGENDA-PUSHING CRITICS, either!
"A bunch of movies have come along that don't make you think too much," said Marc Abraham, a producer whose next film is a remake of "The Thing."
That's ALREADY BEEN DONE!! So what, we get a THIRD REMAKE NOW?
Don't you guys have any NEW IDEAS out there?
Certainly exhibitors are looking for a profit lift in the downturn. A new report from Global Media Intelligence on Friday predicted that the fortunes of movie theater operators like
I want the $300 million in taxpayer hand-outs back.
Cinematic quality has little to do with it. The recent crop of Oscar nominees has fared poorly, for the most part, at the box office. Lighter fare has drawn the crowds....
Or maybe we just don't like what agenda-pushing elite s***ters like, huh?
"Watchmen," a dark superhero film, opens March 6 and is expected to do megawatt business. Movie theaters are adding 3 a.m. screenings for "Watchmen" next week, and advance sales.... have been strong.
That's nice. An APOCALYPSE FILM is going to be PROMOTED! Just the type of mindset the masses need.
So WhyTF does Hollywood need TAXPAYERS to pay for THEIR ROAD, 'eh?
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