1.   At Thomco Insurance, managers are trying to decide whether possible road closings in the Galleria area of Cobb County will force them to shutter the business temporarily.

2.   Businesses were shuttered.

3.   But businesses were shuttered on Monday, with people hiding behind their doors.

4.   Even though the Atlanta businesses are long shuttered, Collins still carries a Samsonite travel briefcase with a sticker from the Beijing Hilton Hotel emblazoned across the front.

5.   Except for emergency services, local and state government agencies were closed in the stricken areas, and countless businesses were shuttered for the duration.

6.   Palestinians called a half-day general strike, shuttering businesses and staging a flag-waving protest march in Ramallah.

7.   Businesses were shuttered and only the occasional car was seen on the usually congested streets of Karachi.

8.   Shopkeepers shuttered their businesses and ran for cover.

9.   Shop owners shuttered their businesses as demonstrators marched, many wielding sticks and waving banners.

10.   The streets were nearly empty of traffic and shops and businesses were shuttered tight.