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...spokesman for the CVS Corp., Mike DeAngelis, said that CVS will only decide whether or not to apply for a license if the initiative passes. The pharmacy chain already sells wine and beer in several other states...
...consumer end of the food chain, emerging markets are seeing the spread of new self-service stores, including supermarkets, hypermarkets and discount and club stores, as well as chain convenience stores. Through highly efficient procurement and distribution systems, modern chain stores have made significant inroads into traditional markets by offering greater variety, lower prices, better quality and more convenience to populations that are increasingly urbanized and time-stretched. By purchasing fresh fruits and vegetables directly from farmers, supermarkets have also been influential in reorganizing agriculture away from small family holdings toward larger, better organized and more mechanized farms capable...
...700cc truck that Tata Motors sells for less than $5,000 and, since its launch in southern India in May 2005, has accounted for two-thirds of all trucks sold domestically. Purchases of these vehicles are supported by low-interest consumer loans from Tata Finance. Tata's hotel chain is building 200 hotels across India under the brand Ginger, offering rooms with wireless Internet access, air-conditioning and en-suite bathrooms for 1,000 rupees ($22), one-fifth of the cost of a typical room paid by budget business travelers in India today. That same desire to market...
...writers and directors of the new wave of horror movies seem to be mild young men from the suburbs who grew up watching The Shining at sleepovers while Mom and Dad slept in the next room. The Old Guard of horror directors, including Craven and Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), has welcomed the newcomers, inviting them to its Masters of Horror dinner parties in Hollywood (also occasionally attended by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, who are co-directing a slasher double-feature called Grindhouse, due next year). And for men (and it is all men) who spend their...
...authors favor the all-or-nothing approach used by organizations like Alcoholics Anonymous because of its simplicity. The alcoholic who can learn to drink socially, or the chain-smoker who can puff occasionally, is a rare bird. Dieters can't entirely give up food, of course, but they can draw an uncompromising line when it comes to sugar...