Word: discounter
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...United States remains as strong as ever. We will be forever grateful to this country for having opened her arms to our families and providing us with all the blessings of liberty. But we strongly urge you to consider this matter from all sides and to not discount the Cuban-Americans' viewpoint. Perhaps they are the only ones who can see what nobody in America...
...clear vision. He calls that vision the Hypercar, and last year he spun off Hypercars, Inc., from RMI to advise the industry on how to make one. "Lovins' imagination is boundless," says Donald Runkle, executive vice president of Delphi Automotive Systems. He warns, though, that Lovins "tends to discount the cost factor." Composites, for example, are now much more expensive than steel. Lovins argues that when built in volume, Hypercars will cost about the same as today's cars...
...Microsoft cafeteria in Redmond, Wash., the government's antitrust suit against the company is frequently discussed among people who (like me) have no inside knowledge of what is actually going on in the negotiations. Slate, the online magazine I edit, is owned by Microsoft, so discount anything I say accordingly as you please. But having lived and worked among them for four years, I have found the attitude of folks inside the company pretty interesting, and maybe you will too. Not people like Bill Gates, or those who write the legal briefs and press releases, but the ordinary software developer...
THONG UNDER, PANTS OVER Last week the good people of Morgan Stanley went "business casual" five days a week. They were also offered a 20% discount at J. Crew. If they need that much help, perhaps they could use tips from the soon-to-be-published book Beyond Business Casual...
Generally, the one percent of American employers offering this perk aren't providing pet health insurance per se, but rather a discount plan that cuts the cost of veterinary visits and prescriptions by a set percentage. Three-year-old Pet Assure, Inc., of Dover, N.J., provides one such plan, and according to company spokesperson Jerry Hirsch, demand has never been higher. "This is just another way employers can keep workers happy," Hirsch says. "Companies have to be creative just to retain employees these days, and helping them with pet health care costs is one way to do that." When...