...snowstorm, with a few extra touches. ''In a way, this is good. It means people are not acting irrationally,'' said Cathy Hotka, vice president of the National Retail Federation. ''(But) it does raise the question of whether people will do...

...closed in March. The 90,000-square-foot space is now being used by the Bush presidential transition team. Cathy Hotka, who worked on the National Retail Federation's Y2K efforts, has a bottle of New Year's Eve champagne in her refrigerator...