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...considered one of the best. A painter whose dark, moody canvases could sell for upwards of $15,000, Wada won Japan's prestigious Minister of Education Art Encouragement Prize in March. But a few weeks later, an anonymous tipster alerted government officials that several of his paintings were virtual replicas of works by an Italian artist, Alberto Sughi. When confronted by the media, the 66-year-old Wada claimed his works were an "homage" to Sughi, not theft. Sughi, however, had a different view of their relationship. According to him, Wada had visited his studio in Rome as often...
...beat that,” captain Erik Grimm said. “Winning all four years is a huge accomplishment for the senior class.”It was also a huge accomplishment considering the circumstances. A Brown win that same day against conference doormat Columbia, a virtual certainty, meant no share of an Ivy title for the Crimson. In the big picture, Harvard could look forward only to a second-place-tie with Princeton and some big bragging rights.“There was definitely the exhilaration of beating Yale,” Grimm said. “That...
...long tail as a theory is most persuasive in explaining how companies selling more products with lower demand can easily compete with (or even surpass) those solely dependent on hits. Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos was the first retailer to deploy that new business model online. Amazon's virtual inventory of 3.7 million books dwarfs the typical Barnes & Noble retail store, which carries about 100,000 titles. The vast majority of Amazon's books may sell only a few thousand copies, but the 3.6 million less popular books not carried by its rival account for 25% of Amazon's total book...
...British clothing retailer Ben Sherman is rolling out a campaign in June within the new PC and Xbox game Test Drive Unlimited. Not only will players see Ben Sherman billboards scattered throughout the game, they'll be able to visit a virtual store where they can "buy" clothes. In its real shops, the retailer is setting up pods so customers can play the game in the store. Suzanne Egleton, marketing head for Ben Sherman, has worked in the games industry and thinks games are a great way to reach her target audience of men aged...
...regime last week continued its crackdown on protesters, at right, who have been rallying against the government's decision to seek discipline for two judges who alleged fraud in last year's elections. Hundreds have been arrested, including Bit Bucket scribe Alaa Abdel-Fatah, who has become the agitators' virtual poster boy. Jailed on May 7, he blogs by passing notes to his wife, who posts them. His mood is surreal--"no feelings or emotions"; he hasn't joined other protesters on a hunger strike; and the jail has hundreds of cats. He is being treated well, he says...