The figure below illustrates the number of claw game
parlors which have been subject to an amusement tax over the past decade:
Beauty
parlors particularly are witnessing a huge influx of customers these days.
TOP 10 POPULAR BEAUTY
PARLORS FOR BRIDES IN PAKISTAN
45, which bars local funeral
parlors from showing coffins in their display windows, and Ordinance No.
Beauty
parlors and salons in the capital did brisk business as customers made last minute appointments to look their best on the occasion of Eid Al-Fitr.
Patrick vetoed legislation for three casinos and two so-called racinos at racetracks last summer, based on his objection to licensing slot
parlors.
The college-trained masseuse at the Red Room Time foot massage
parlor and beauty salon, which opened last year on the ground floor of an apartment building, competes with other women her age for customers at seven foot massage
parlors over three blocks of a common northeast Beijing residential area.
But possibly the largest piece of business before Fujii involves Japan's biggest business sector, a JPY3trn industry that almost no one talks about--pachinko (Japanese-style pinball)
parlors. There are 17,000 pachinko establishments in Japan, many of which are operated by people with less-than-savory business backgrounds.
Nestle SA has announced that it has launched a chain of ice cream
parlors in Argentina, under the brand name of its popular packaged ice cream Frigor.
Producers with large herds normally select parallel, herringbone, or rotary
parlors. Producers with smaller herds, and those making their first move away from milking and stabling their animals in the same barn, often choose lower-cost options.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen blasted Thursday the reopening of karaoke
parlors and blamed provincial and municipal governors for failing to enforce his order late last year banning them.
''Pachinko'' game
parlors have joined the growing World Cup fever in Japan by declaring a moratorium in opening new stores or adding new game machines for the duration of the monthlong soccer tournament.
The transformation of New York City's 70-odd OTB
parlors looks unlikely after Mayor Michael Bloomberg said last week that the $1 billion a year business would not be sold.
