WARTIME ECONOMY SCHIZOPHRENIC SOME FIRMS BENEFIT AS OTHERS LAG.Byline: Brent Hopkins Staff Writer As consumers hope for the best but prepare for the worst, local businesses were riding a tumultuous wave Wednesday over war with Iraq. While security services Security services are state institutions for the provision of intelligence, primarily of a strategic nature, but also including protective security intelligence. Examples include the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in the United Kingdom, and the and homeland defense contractors Noun 1. defense contractor - a contractor concerned with the development and manufacture of systems of defense armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; have enjoyed a boon, travel agents have suffered. While shoppers stocked up on disaster supplies, they haven't made a run to the grocery store. While everyone is aware of the war and the fear of terrorist reprisals REPRISALS, war. The forcibly taking a thing by one nation which belonged to another, in return or satisfaction for a injury committed by the latter on the former. Vatt. B., 2, ch. 18, s. 342; 1 Bl. Com. ch. 7. 2. , no two see it from the same perspective. Peter Kalaydjian, sales manager sales manager n → gerente m/f de ventas sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → of Tarzana-based survival supplier Recon-1, has seen business spike 1,000 percent over normal times, more than double his last big period after Sept. 11, 2001. People are stocking up on food, water, 55-gallon drums and potassium iodate Potassium iodate (KIO3) is a chemical compound. It is sometimes used in radiation treatment, as it can replace radioactive iodine from the thyroid. See potassium iodide for more information on this use. tablets to ward off radiation poisoning Radiation poisoning, also called "radiation sickness", is a form of damage to organ tissue due to excessive exposure to ionizing radiation. The term is generally used to refer to acute problems caused by a large dosage of radiation in a short period. . ``We're a survival store, so when everything's safe, who wants to buy gas masks gas mask, face covering or device used to protect the wearer from injurious gases and other noxious materials by filtering and purifying inhaled air. In addition to military use (see chemical warfare), gas masks are employed in mining, in industrial chemistry, and by and food that lasts five years?'' he said. ``We're swamped "Swamped" is the seventeenth episode of The Batman's second season. It originally aired in North America on June 11, 2005. Plot Synopsis Killer Croc, a half-man, half reptile plans to submerge all of Gotham in water in order to facilitate his plundering of the city. . We wholesale to other stores throughout the country, so it's absolutely insane right now.'' Other stores have watched sales climb in more subtle ways. Interscan Corp., a Chatsworth-based gas-detection equipment maker manufactures gas mask efficacy testers. With fears of chemical attack and explosions driving mask sales, Interscan's been busy cranking out its RM series gas-detection kits. ``The overall business increases, but it's the credibility that's most important,'' said Michael Shaw, the firm's executive vice president. ``When companies need something done, we pride ourselves on being the go-to guys, and that's being borne out as they come to us in times of crisis. We're not dancing around, but we're happy they trust us to come to us for this stuff.'' While his business has climbed, things aren't looking as pleasant at Nelson Custom Travel in Valley Village. European travel's shriveled shriv·el intr. & tr.v. shriv·eled or shriv·elled, shriv·el·ing or shriv·el·ling, shriv·els 1. To become or make shrunken and wrinkled, often by drying: 70 percent as vacationers try to keep close to home. ``People are still going to Hawaii, but European trips have dropped off drastically,'' said David Rappel, a travel agent with Nelson. ``And a few people that were going to Europe for a leisurely vacation have postponed for a later date ... So I'd say we are concerned and hope the war is over quickly.'' At a Woodland Hills Ralphs, only a few people bought extra water, said service manager Patty Foster. After 9-11, the store saw a rush of people stocking up on canned goods, but not Wednesday. ``It's a little bit slow, because a lot of people are glued to the television,'' Foster said. Cindy McNeill, a 53-year-old Canoga Park resident, went to her local Costco on Wednesday to stock up on batteries for radios and flashlights for her emergency kit stored at home. In the kit, she also keeps heart medication on hand. ``It's saddening it has to come to this,'' she said, referring to the war in Iraq. ``But I want to be prepared in case anything happens here.'' Staff Writers Evan Pondel, Jason Kandel and Lisa Sodders contributed to this report. |
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