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...province in southern China. His first name and French accent reflect the European culture of his adopted home on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. His children are at college in Perth, Boston and, soon, London. And his $200 million-per-year business is a microcosm of globalization in action. It buys raw cotton from Asia and Africa, ships it to Mauritius, spins it into yarn and makes it into clothes designed in-house. Those are shipped to retailers in Europe, Asia and the U.S. "We have to import all our raw materials, and we are very far from...
Such changes are the fruits of both good planning and good business sense. Developers have had six decades to anticipate the boomers' retirement, and they have long been plotting ways to woo them. Lately, they've been putting their plans into action. "The senior-housing business has changed dramatically over the last seven or eight years," says David Schless, president of the American Senior Housing Association. Nearly half of retirement-community managers intend to at least upgrade their fitness centers this year or next, and a similar percentage said they had already done so in the previous two years, according...
...made an attempt at meeting [the WGA] in a number of their key areas including Internet streaming and jurisdiction in New Media. Ultimately, the guild was unwilling to compromise on most of their major demands. It is unfortunate that they choose to take this irresponsible action.”The AMPTP could not be reach for comment. A FUTURE IN QUESTIONAlthough it may take some time for mainstream American television audiences to feel the effects of the strike, the WGA has already made an impact on the industry. Aspiring screenwriter and television production company assistant James C. Oliver...
...dean of undergraduate admissions at Yale, Jeffrey Brenzel, refused to attribute the increase in early action to Harvard’s decision to end their program...
...felt that some of those 6,000 students would possibly end up applying to an early-decision school. And, more likely, we felt that they would apply to an early-action school—and not just Yale. It could be Georgetown, University of Chicago, any number of schools,” Fitzsimmons said...