The presidential candidates and campaign aides are expressing concern about the impact the storm is having on last-minute campaign plans and messages, my colleague Michael D. Shear reports.
So, if you live in Toronto, or just have loads of money to burn on last minute flights, the opening reception will definitely be worth a look-see.
Travelers spend $84 billion a year on last-minute activities during vacations.
Back on the high street, Tuesday is expected to be the busiest shopping day, with Visa Europe predicting that shoppers will spend £1.3bn on last-minute preparations on the day before Christmas Eve.
Last week, Mr. Shoucair and his father spent $990 on last-minute tickets to fly to San Francisco to be in Mr. Patel's presence at a book promotion.
High-stakes negotiations aimed at finishing a treaty to curb global warming collapsed today after a tense all-night bargaining session foundered on last-minute disputes between European and American negotiators.
Not until 11 00PM, at least, and even then there's plenty more reporting to do on last-minute business, moves that fell through and the transfers that somehow didn't quite come off.
Free shipping is actually one of the contributing factors to the significant increase in online holiday spending this year, so this is a wise move for Amazon to capture more consumer dollars on last-minute holiday shopping.
Another scene in this book, from early 2009, describes Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, then the House speaker, working with Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader, on last-minute details of the stimulus package when the president calls.
His campaign blamed the discrepancy on last-minute accounting shifts.
