By JANE BIRNBAUMPublished: November 5, 2008
Small merchants have long chafed at the fees they must pay banks every time a customer swipes a debit or credit card. But now, with business slowing and every dollar important to their bottom line, some merchants are pushing for changes.Skip to next paragraphEnlarge This ImageBrendan Smialowski for The New [...]
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Small-Business Owners Lobby to Cut Credit Card Fees
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Wat Pho, Temple of the Reclining Buddha At Bangkok
Posted in Bangkok Thailand, wat pho, wat phra kaew, wat po on November 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wat Pho (วัดโพธิ์), or Wat Phra Chetuphon (วัดพระเชตุพน) as it is generally known to the Thais, is mainly famous for the huge Reclining Buddha statue it houses. At 20 acres large, it is the largest Wat in Bangkok, and is technically the oldest too, as it was built around 200 years before Bangkok became Thailand’s [...]
