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...older and more set in his or her ways, but baby boomers are also finding benefits in a brand makeover. Alan Cole, 48, has been an investment adviser in Atlanta, Texas, since 1989. Exhausted by the strain of keeping up with various investing strategies to serve his diverse client base, he hired Peter Montoya, whose firm, based in Tustin, Calif., specializes in marketing independent financial advisers. After identifying Cole's core values of family, church and hard work, plus his affinity for fishing, golf and travel, they came up with a focused brand for him: wealth planner for active retirees...
...Gets Nervous in Tennessee In the race for the Senate, Harold Ford wasn't supposed to have much appeal outside his home base of Memphis. But now that he is in a virtual dead heat with his Republican opponent, the race is getting down and dirty
...Capt. Johnny Sutton took it hard when he heard the news. Tall with an angular face and calm eyes, Sutton seemed at turns shaken and angry as initial reports of the shooting reached him at an Iraqi army base nearby. Sutton was one of the few Army officers who personally knew the informant, believed to be about 19 years old, with family in the neighborhood. For roughly four weeks, Sutton and other Army officers had worked with him to gather intelligence on the local activities of militia loyal to Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr...
...area had little doubt over who was responsible. Sadr's militia, the Mahdi Army, is increasingly active in Washash, which some U.S. troops now call Little Sadr City. Sutton believes they are working to make Washash a Mahdi Army stronghold west of the Tigris. Until now, the militia's base in the capital has been Sadr City on the east bank of the river, a sprawling slum that houses some 2.5 million Shi'ites. The Mahdi Army's expansion across the river complicates the efforts of U.S. forces to quell sectarian violence...
Tahari's post-disco designs helped popularize what's known as the bridge category--less expensive career-based clothing--in the early 1980s. Then, responding to the demand for trendier, more comfortable clothing, he started Theory in 1997 with former Anne Klein executive Andrew Rosen. The idea was to base a whole contemporary collection around stretch fabrics, particularly pants. Tahari sold his Theory stake for $53 million in 2003 (He is now suing Rosen for $182 million claiming "fraudulent self-dealing." Rosen calls the suit "a fantasy ... created in total disregard of the facts") and in 2004 made an unsuccessful...