<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051215/ap_on_bi_ge/transit_talks_economy"><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051215/capt.nybm10212151506.transit_talks_nybm102.jpg?x=1 30&amp;y=86&amp;sig=Aij8mR_Lw68hub9vNAqdRw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A day before a threatened transit strike, riders board a city bus in Brooklyn, New York, Thursday Dec. 15, 2005. Negotiations between the Metropolitan Transit Authority and its union employees continue to avert a potential strike when workers contract expires at 12:01 a.m. tomorrow. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)" border="0" /></a>AP - From Fifth Avenue retail emporiums to the financial houses of Wall Street, New York businesses scrambled Thursday to prepare for a possible transit strike could paralyze the city a week before Christmas.</p><br clear=all>

View the entire article: Businesses Brace for NYC Transit Strike (AP)