Powering Down. (Trade Talk).Brazil's energy crisis has bred same unexpected consequences. Toilet paper rolls shrunk to 30 meters, from 40 meters. Manufacturers blame the strong dollar and the rising cost of paper pulp Paper pulp is a material for making paper. It is usuallly cellulose fibre, and could be wood pulp or non-wood pulp See also
Other developments: * Frozen assets Frozen Assets is a novel by P.G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on July 14 1964 by Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York under the title Biffen's Millions, and in the United Kingdom on August 14 1964 by Herbert Jenkins, London. . Swiss food giant Nestle has opened its freezers to competitors' products--staving off grocers' threats to return energy-guzzling display freezers in the wake of falling frozen food sales. Supermarkets say customers who used to buy groceries once a week now shop daily. The reason? To cut down on the use of their home refrigerators. * Sound barrier. Residents are complaining about the noise and pollution in their neighborhoods caused by power generators at banks and large companies, such as telecommunication companies. * Lawlessness law·less adj. 1. Unrestrained by law; unruly: a lawless mob. 2. Contrary to the law; unlawful: the lawless slaughter of protected species. 3. falls. With automatic bank teller A bank teller is an employee of a bank who deals directly with most customers. In some places this employee is known as a cashier. Tellers are considered a "front line" in the banking business. machines switched off at night, there has been a sharp decline in car-jacking. In the past, car-jackers typically overpowered o·ver·pow·er tr.v. o·ver·pow·ered, o·ver·pow·er·ing, o·ver·pow·ers 1. To overcome or vanquish by superior force; subdue. 2. To affect so strongly as to make helpless or ineffective; overwhelm. 3. victims then forced them to drive from bank machine to bank machine withdrawing cash. |
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