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...they all fell into what's become a familiar Net trap: aggressively looking for "eyeballs," or Web-cruising customers, but ignoring the bottom line. Following Yahoo!'s lead, they offered services for free, hoping that a big number of subscribers would eventually bring in ad revenue. But advertising is a thin market in China?total spending online is well under $80 million, compared with $6 billion in the U.S.?and industry watchers say it will take years for China's online revenues to sustain even one portal...
...with jewels. Few recognize the white-haired, 65-year-old man as their creator. The son of a cobbler, Rossi started the company some 40 years ago and sold it to Gucci in 1999. Tom Ford is designing new stores for the brand and has seen to its sexy ad campaign. At the Oscars, under Julia Roberts' vintage Valentino gown were a pair of Sergio Rossi shoes...
...commission is also considering launching an inquiry into allegations that police failed to intervene in recent ethnic clashes between Malay and Indian squatters that left six dead and 48 severely wounded. Human Rights Commissioner Anuar Zainal Abidin is studying a 108-page report submitted by an ad hoc group?the Police Watch and Human Rights Committee?that lodges a formal complaint against high-ranking officers alleging no protection was given to ethnic Indians during the riots...
...recent ad in the New York Times, in lettering that resembled a childish scrawl, challenged readers to "sign up for the most important job in New York City." Fogel was among the job switchers who answered similar ads last year. In August he and 349 other recruits attended a pep-rally orientation for New York Fellows, an accelerated-certification program started by schools chancellor Harold Levy. "Urban education," Levy told the group, "has the same moral force as the civil rights movement." After four weeks of all-day classes on teaching methods and lesson plans, the 323 who stuck with...
MARCH 2001 An aproned Iacocca stars in his first ad for Olivio, a butter substitute he created. The tag line: "If you can find a better spread...