But he cautioned that inflation dangers still exist and put financial markets on notice to expect further interest rate increases. Each week, merchants distribute a new color.
Shoppers then can redeem the beads for a gift certificate.
The calendar may be a merchant's biggest threat to lucrative spring sales this season. Easter falls on April 23 this year, three weeks later than last year. April 1 brings changes to Michigan's probate and estate laws that could alter the way your will is interpreted. Contractors around the country are participating in Home Builders Care 2000, a community service initiative sponsored by the National Association of Home Builders. Behind a plasterboard divider in a Puerto Rican mall, the air crackles with the noise of electric saws, the raspy sounds of shipping cartons ripped open and talk of a bold new experiment in globalization.