Wet weather on the East Coast kept a lid on retail sales in June, while further increases in gas prices seem to be setting the stage for a slowdown of this year's important back-to-school shopping season.
A declining number of seed-stage deals could point to a slowdown in early- and late-stage funding activity in subsequent quarters.
Prosecutors staged a work slowdown recently to protest their low pay.
At the Garden, even the ever-perspiring Patrick Ewing staged a work slowdown until Don Nelson was escorted to the westbound lane of the Lincoln Tunnel.
Workers at Green Bus Lines of Jamaica, which has 62,000 riders in central and southern Queens, staged a work slowdown yesterday to protest the lack of a contract.
The council member, who hails from a family of generations of police officers and firefighters, was perhaps best known for having suggested that city snow plow drivers staged a work slowdown after the blizzard in 2010, deliberately leaving streets unpassable.
And machinists are still angry that United went to federal court two years ago to get a restraining order against mechanics whom executives accused of staging a work slowdown during contract negotiations.
He alienated United's powerful pilots in contract negotiations last year then rewarded them with a 21.5percentto28.7percentcent wage increase after they staged a costly slowdown that forced United to cancel thousand of flights, inconveniencing thousands of passengers.
Last week, for instance, American Airlines had to cancel 150 flights out of JFK when aircraft mechanics staged a work slowdown, protesting their union's contract.
Backlogs at the top ports have worsened as shipping companies have periodically halted the unloading of ships, most recently over the three-day Presidents Day weekend, while accusing the union of staging a work slowdown.
The official figures point to a slowdown.
