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...find everything from a flashy rubber "jam jacket" to glow-in-the-dark cases, executive "podfolios" and designer gear from Pucci and Coach. The Schwarzenegger of the bunch is iPod Armor, a $50 anodized aluminum, foam-lined hard case ideal for skateboarders, snowboarders and other sports enthusiasts who tend to fall down...
...wants to eradicate sex discrimination in insurance and pension products, and could have draft legislation to do so in place by the end of July. For women, that could mean higher car premiums. But it could also mean higher payouts for women on annuity products. Traditionally women, because they tend to live longer than men, have received lower amounts on such retirement products; that would be outlawed. It's enough to make you stop and ask directions. - By Jennie James Under Pressure Moody's may cut the A3 rating on David "Bowie Bonds" - which the rock star sold...
...Abbey National's board. Abbey last year lost $1.6 billion, halved dividends but paid golden handshakes totaling some $9 million to five departing directors. "It's scandalous," Smith says. "It was a reward for failure." The furor is largely a British phenomenon. On the Continent, pay and compensation packages tend to be lower and not subject to the same public scrutiny. German companies don't even need to publish details of executive remuneration, although pressure is growing on firms to do so. In France, a law passed in 2001 requires disclosure of top people's pay and severance packages...
...advocates of engagement with Iran - both in Washington and in allied capitals - warn that such a strategy would kill prospects of peaceful internal reform. Political systems under external attack tend to circle the wagons and go more conservative, and that's as likely to be true in Iraq as it has been in Washington since September 11. Iran's conservative mullahs have been in the throes of a domestic political crisis ever since their electorate voted overwhelmingly for the reformist President Mohammed Khatami in 1997. Crackdowns on reformists have periodically ignited street demonstrations, and a major confrontation has been looming...
...probably take this the wrong way--he would be Christina Aguilera. The nu-metal that Moreno yawps as lead singer of Deftones is the masculine obverse of Aguilera's teen pop; both are gender-and age-specific modes of musical expression about sex, self-doubt and self-pity. Both tend to be pretty awful. But Moreno, like his Dirrty doppelganger, is perceived as being a cut above his peers, mainly because he can sing and occasionally because he can think...