But he brushed off concerns about the flagging attendance, citing poor April weather and the economy as contributing factors.
But when they are open, the bars still pull great pints of stout, serve hearty food and remain the extended living room for locals ready to chat about the weather, Irish football and maybe the economy.
Are they the product of rigorous research, as dedicated, ethically irreproachable statisticians crunch the numbers regarding crime, weather, culture and the local economy to determine the best places to retire, reinvent oneself or engage in Golden Years tippling?
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Brad Rangel, marketing specialist for The Decor Group, says both the economy and seasonal weather have led landscaping businesses to pursue a sideline in holiday cheer.
The survey and other sales data show how immigration patterns, a local farm economy, the local culture and the weather affect food purchases across the country.
Earlier this year, a weak economy, war worries and bad weather hit the traditional buying season, which runs from late winter through to early summer.
This survey will describe the three systems in turn, and then ask whether Canada has agile enough politics, and a robust enough economy, to weather them unscathed.
At this point, it should be deafening enough to wake up anyone still denying the reality of a new normal for our climate, our weather, and the insurance companies whose stability underlies our economy.
Among the excuses will be disruptions caused by disaster in Japan, bad weather in the United States, higher commodity prices and the economy.
Ceri Williams, personal assistant to managing director Michael Davies, blamed the closure on the snow and freezing weather, as well as the state of the economy.
Now more than ever, as companies examine how best to weather an economy in crisis, we need talented business leaders, and many of these leaders, yet untapped, are women.
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He declares that extreme weather changes are causing ever greater economic losses, that is, more property damage and disruptions to the economy.
The weather is significant for the overall economy as more than half of India's workforce is employed in agriculture and their spendings on various goods and services depend to a large extent on a bountiful monsoon.
Bernanke is worried about the parlous state of the de-leveraging U.S. economy, and possibly worried that the U.S. banking sector is not strong enough to weather more currency turbulence.
"You - as the industry's leaders - must also understand that many other parts of the economy within Wales (and indeed other parts of agriculture) have suffered from the effects of the weather over the last 12 months, and more generally in the global downturn of recent years, " he wrote.
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