Boost for Industries by Obama: President Barack Obama will be sworn in for a second time

Obama’s inauguration a boon for businesses

Tucked behind a tidy souvenir shop storefront on the ground floor of an office building one block from the White House, t-shirts, sweatshirts, buttons and a vast assortment of inauguration paraphernalia is staged for an onslaught of purchasing. Over the course of the weekend, which culminates on Monday.

Image from: REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST BUSINESS)

Occupy DC movement protesters rally outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington December 8, 2011. Protesters continued their Occupy movement following a day of disrupting and closing down Washington streets.

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