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...trapped in 1993, they're also chock-full of carcinogens. As if you needed another reason not to smoke cigars (aren't you tired of the Monica Lewinsky jokes yet?), the Federal Trade Commission announced Monday that it is cracking down on manufacturers, ordering them to clearly label every cigar package and advertisement with a big, decidedly unhip label...
...other hand, the custom of treating succession as a birthright obviously goes way beyond countries that actually label themselves monarchies. The other ruler-by-inheritance in the news lately is Kim Jong Il of North Korea. He didn't have to go through any of that nonsense either...
...Unlike competitors Gucci and Prada, Armani has been spending his cash--some $650 million in 1999--not on acquisitions but on tightening his control over the way his products are made, displayed and sold. Last month he bought two of the Italian factories that produce his signature White Label collection from conglomerate GFT, and he recently established an office in Singapore to run his Asian business. He has also bought back the franchise for his stores in Japan. The new accessories collection should be very lucrative, the company says. The shoes and handbags debut this fall with a flashy...
...Jake, 11, and her daughter Roisin, 3. (O'Connor is divorced, and her children have different fathers, the former by an ex-husband, the latter by an ex-boyfriend.) She has also passed the time deciding which record company she wanted to move to after her old label, Chrysalis, went under (she is now signed to Atlantic). She has gone through years of therapy (she has charged in the past that her mother, now dead, abused her as a child) and says she feels happier than she has ever felt...
...Wice, "Napster became the new bad guy, and Mp3.com became someone who needed to cooperate." Newsweek cover boy Napster allows music lovers to surf each others' hard drives and download the contents free; Mp3.com was more of a free-music clearinghouse, but really wanted to be its own little label. It wasn't happening. Now Mp3.com's revolutionary days look to be over - "The digital music space is still in its infancy. We look forward to working with Warner to expand its boundaries," said CEO Michael Robertson - and its days as a dot-com advance guard for the Big Five...