1.   Although business closings were reported throughout the region, stores in downtown Miami bustled with shoppers, and the restaurants and clubs of Miami Beach were crowded with tourists.

2.   But statistics on business closings can be misleading.

3.   For business vitality, it looked at such indicators as the number of new companies, the number of business closings and the amount of manufacturing capital investment.

4.   The U.S. Supreme Court has held that laws about Sunday business closings do not bear a relationship to the establishment of religion.

5.   There have been no signs of mass business closings due to inadequate labor supplies.

6.   Farther south, winter caused school and business closings or delays in North Carolina, South Carolina and West Virginia.

7.   The slowing economy has contributed to some business closings and worker layoffs in certain industries.

8.   Zimbabwe price controls could lead to business closings, lay offs,