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...That leaves German brewers not only too small to dominate the global game, but too short on cash to even get in the game. Beer is so cheap in Germany that a mid-'90s law designed to cut down on drunkenness forced pubs to price at least one nonalcoholic drink cheaper than beer. And German consumers watch their wallets: when Beck's (550 million liters) raised prices in 2000, its sales fell 20%. Last year, brands like Warsteiner (570 million liters) and Radeberger (880 million liters) did manage to lead prices in the premium segment higher by advertising their quality...
...COLOMBIA Soft Drink, Hard Times Activists launched a consumer boycott of Coca-Cola products to protest killings, kidnappings and torture of union members working at the company's Colombian bottling plants. The campaign, titled "Unthinkable, Undrinkable," has been endorsed by labor activists in Europe, the U.S. and Australia. Organizers claim plant managers called on ultra-right paramilitary death squads to bully and assassinate workers from Colombia's Sinaltrainal food industry union, silencing demands for better working conditions...
SCOTT OLSON/GETTY IMAGES SOFT DRINK, HARD WORDS: Colombians against Coca-Cola...
Maguire exercises the same kind of control over his personal life. He doesn't drink--in fact, he has been in Alcoholics Anonymous since he was 19. He doesn't eat meat. He's all about boundaries. Last year Autograph Collectors magazine ranked him No. 4 on its list of the world's worst autograph signers. Maguire has exactly one vice, illegal Cuban Cohiba Robusto cigars. On this morning, he smokes two before noon. In a three-hour interview, he makes exactly one joke. Asked if he is worried about the cigars messing up his million-dollar voice, he pretends...
...settle for what amounts to an expenses-paid working holiday. Not even their agents are complaining. Stephen Wright, managing director of IMG Artists U.K., says, "Verbier has an atmosphere of music making as it should be. Artists need that to keep going, as much as they need food and drink - and their big fees the rest of the year." The music industry loves the festival because the unusual collaborations it generates often result in best-selling albums. In 2001, for instance, pianist Argerich and cellist Mischa Maisky teamed up with Kremer and Yuri Bashmet on viola for a rare Brahms...