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...trip to Beijing. She wants an investigation into the deaths of three family members, whom she claims were killed for being too inquisitive about missing disaster-relief funds granted to her village after a devastating hailstorm. In August 2002, Zhou says she walked into the civil-affairs sector of the Henan Provincial People's Court to deliver her petition, only to have a policeman punch her in the face. Months after lodging her complaint in Beijing, she finally got a written notice from the NPC petition office. Its advice? Zhou should send her grievance to the very same civil-affairs...
...United States, but never here," says Per Bill, a Member of the Swedish Parliament. Confidence in big business in Sweden has fallen from 60% in 1995 to just 28% last year, according to Swedish pollster SIFO. "There is a severe crisis in public confidence in the business sector," says Erik Asbrink, who heads a five-member commission appointed by the Swedish government to restore trust. Skandia is an especially severe psychological blow. The $4.7 billion firm is the largest insurer in the Nordic area and the oldest listed company on the Stockholm exchange. In 1999, Petersson was chosen by Veckans...
...There are not so many women in fashion when you think about it. In this time, men are still men, and women are under. We think we are even, but it's not true. In every sector of society, that's true. In fashion, women have more sensitivity, more sense of the body, so they know how things fit and feel. Yet there are not many women who study fashion. It's ridiculous...
...most important assets, say those who observe the sector, is its corporate culture, which encourages flexibility and adaptation. A recent program to even out inventory levels boosted H&M's gross margin by a remarkable 3 points, to 55%. (Gross margin is a key measure of how efficient a retailer is at its core business of selling goods...
...clutches in Tora Bora at the end of 2001. "There are some channels that are very active," this official says, declining to give details for fear they might "dry up." He adds, "There are a lot of people very confident that they have him narrowed to a certain sector." That sector probably encompasses several hundred square miles along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, which is not exactly like having him cooped up in your backyard. Nor would this be the first time that hopes of bin Laden's imminent capture have risen, only to lead to disappointment. So no one, either...