Bargaining With Store Owners Connie: You speak McQuillanese. Ask the store owner the price of this vase. Ivan: All right. He says its $60. Connie: Thats actually a great price, but lets see if I can talk him down a little. You should never accept the

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01Going Out of Business GLOSSARY to gobelly up to fail as a business; to have to close because a business is not earning enough money* The farm went belly up when it didnt rain enough for two summers in a row. to struggle to try very hard or for a ve

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Connie: You speak McQuillanese. Ask the store owner the price of this vase. Ivan: All right. He says its $60. Connie: Thats actually a great price, but lets see if I can talk him down a little. You should never accept the starting price and the price

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AS IT IS 2016-07-20 Cuba Opens First Private Wholesale Store 古巴开办第一个批发市场 Cuba's new entrepreneurs have complained that one of the things missing from President Raul Castros reforms is a wholesale market. Currently, restaurant ow

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New York City's mayor is against smoking. Stores that sell cigarettes must display big anti-smoking ads. One ad shows a decayed tooth. The ad says, Smoking Causes Tooth Decay. Quit Smoking Today. Call 311 or 1-866-NYQUITS. Store owners are upset. The

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Julianne: Im really glad to be back in Macville. What happened to the market that used to be here? Helio: Oh, it went belly up . It struggled for many years. The owners tried to downsize and reduced the space they were renting, but they had to throw

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