Old-line department-store chain JohnLewisaddeda line of promdresses this year, and tuxedo-rental stores report a jump in business from kidsthistime of year.
"If you're around the league enough, you have an idea of which guys have enough IQ and passion to be able to make that jump, " said John Nash, a former Nets general manager.
As of the end of last week, the combined totals from the London Metal Exchange, Shanghai Futures Exchange and Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange stood at 892, 084 tons, ajump of 51% from 588, 881 at the end of last year, said John Gross, an independent metals-industry consultant.