Rothman has made a five-minute instructional video on gem-cutting that his dealers can hand out like business cards.
Instead founder Simon Rothman who started eBay Motors sells CDs, DVDs, videogames, and books.
Rothman's antics haven't completely insulated JR Cigar from the fact that the cigar-smoking craze has faded.
But like Barnum, Rothman knows that it's not enough just to attract a crowd.
Loans to property developers account for another 8% or so, according to Mr Rothman.
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Rothman says this is indicative that private firms are financially healthy and anticipate strong demand.
These deeply bigoted allegations against Rothman and his supporters were not challenged by Pascrell.
" Says Rothman: "When used to its fullest extent, Napster to Go lays iTunes flat, financially speaking.
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Similarly, Rothman's gimmicks have helped his company become one of the world's largest sellers of premium cigars.
However, I can always count on my good friend Andy Rothman to have a somewhat different take.
Mr. Rothman, 59, conceded Tuesday night, saying that he didn't plan to run for public office again.
Lewis Rothman, president of 800-JR Cigar in Whippany, New Jersey, hates seeing this money go to someone else.
Rothman also started running training sessions for his 325 small stores, many in rural, blue-collar towns like Secaucus, N.
In investment circles, Rothman is known as a China bull whose punchy Sinology research series has been catnip for bulls.
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Andy Rothman , China Macro Strategist for CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets, continues to expect about 8.5 percent GDP growth in 2012.
Turnout in Passaic County, Mr. Pascrell's base, was higher than in Mr. Rothman's base in Bergen County in early returns.
Rothman developed a handheld, cylindrically shaped magnifying glass--a device quaintly dubbed a "proportion scope"--that clarifies the pattern of hearts and arrows.
" But like Rothman, he said that NTG represents "what may be the stiffest test Apple Computer has faced in music.
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However, Mr. Rothman expects officials in Beijing to start allowing their local counterparts to relax housing enforcements in the second quarter.
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"I thought it sounded confusingly similar to Chivas Regal, " says Rothman, who smokes True cigarettes when he isn't puffing a stogie.
Rothman learned the value of chutzpah soon after he and wife LaVonda opened their first cigar store in Manhattan in 1970.
Jeffrey Rothman, who represents the men, said more than 100 former inmates were affected by the program before it was changed.
Still, with the right marketing, Rothman thought he could convince consumers to shell out a 25% premium for his branded Hearts on Fire diamonds.
Mr Rothman and his team surveyed over 350 middle-class households outside China's biggest cities, where prices are at least 60% cheaper.
Mr Rothman reckons that three-quarters of China's homeowners remain stuck in cramped, shoddy flats received a decade ago from the government.
Rothman was so taken with the process that he later changed the name of his company from Di-Star to Hearts on Fire.
For a dose of good news on China, a reliable go-to guy has been Andy Rothman, a Shanghai-based macro strategist at CLSA Securities.
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Mr. Rothman said it was a "tremendous privilege" to serve the district and that he would lend his full support to Mr. Pascrell.
The striking weakness of the American Jewish community was exposed on Tuesday with the Democratic primary defeat of Rep. Steve Rothman in New Jersey.
In 1974 Rothman introduced JR Alternatives, cigars created to taste like the world's best, much as cut-rate watches and bottles of perfume resemble high-priced originals.
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