suzanne greg, michael cassidy, steve coury, joe duggan, leo cassidy. >> good evening, commissioners. i am a residential builder and small general contractor in san francisco. i just want to add my name and support the elimination of affordable units from housing under 10 units. it has been a hard time. it would be great to do this to spur on the economy, and really help these builders, because they need it. thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am a small builder with the city. sometimes, it hurts when you are right and it hurts when you are wrong. in this case, to explain that, we came here years ago and had the same kind of hearing, and explained it over and over. you keep adding more fees and more fees to the small builders. you are going to kill this part of the industry. and we were right, and it hurt us. the city did what they did, and they were wrong, and that hurt too. as for the wall street, it's, the only thing i know about the wall is builders have their backs against the wall now, because of stuff like this that has happened. you have a great opportunity to chang

. >> michael cassidy wrote "the skinny on bullying." the book uses clever stick figures to tell the story of billy and beth and how they helped their friends to deal with bullies. >> for bullying, the golden rule is to talk to an adult. talk to someone you trust, whether it's someone at the school or a parent or a cousin. all too many times, a kid will keep it bottled inside, and that's where, you know, a lot of problems can start, 'cause there are people out there trying to help. >> ronnie's kept his problems bottled up for two years before he finally told his parents, but when he did, they helped him find a solution. he's made new friends that shared his interests, and now he's a great student again. >> i think it's hard, 'cause a lot of times, the victim doesn't want to get adults involved 'cause it's embarrassing. >> everyone has had an experience with a bully at some point, it's fair to say, so if you talk to an adult, they could open up your eyes to things you didn't realize. they could teach you things you may have otherwise not

. >> reporter: cassidy says suit sales are hot right now. michael andrews, owner of michael andrews bespoke says more men are splurging on custom-made suits. >> once we kind of came out of the downturn, was a return to fun, so, it wasn't just suits because they had to have them, it was also suits because they kind of wanted to. people are confident, but they're not exuberant. we're doing well. i think everybody in our business is doing well. >> reporter: online, on the catwalk, or zooming by on the street, men are finding inspiration everywhere and that's translating into big bucks for the apparel industry. ruben ramirez, "n.b.r.," new york. >> tom: that's "nightly business report" for monday, september 10. good night everyone. we'll see you online at: www.nbr.com and back here tomorrow night. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org