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5:50 PM
by Gene
In Joysey City:Even before this week's news from Lehman and Merrill, Jersey City businesses were feeling the effects of the credit crisis, said Johnny Leung, owner of Komegashi, a Japanese restaurant five blocks away from the cluster of office buildings that includes Goldman, Lehman and Merrill.
Groups of Goldman employees who used to spend as much as $500 to $600 at a time in Komegashi have trimmed bills to about $50, ordering the $11 ramen special instead of specialty sushi rolls that cost as much as $20 apiece, Leung said.
Black limousines idling curbside in the financial district, once a common sight in the evening, have become scarce. Leung, 44, said half of his lunchtime crowd consists of finance-sector workers, and deliveries to people working late nights have slowed drastically.When the MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE start with their fantasies the little guy gets the ammo.