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They're a sight rarely seen in the Far East these days, but rickshaws have become increasingly common in some of Western Europe's major metropolises. First introduced in the West in the '90s as an environmentally friendly novelty, they have since become a fun way to cover short distances in crowded neighborhoods. While unlikely to become an everyday form of commuter transport, in places like Paris, London and Groningen in the Netherlands, rickshaws - technically known as pedicabs or trishaws, since the drivers are cycling, not running - hold their own in tourist traffic against more conventional vehicles. "For a night...
They're a sight rarely seen in the Far East these days, but rickshaws have become increasingly common in some of Western Europe's major metropolises. First introduced in the West in the '90s as an environmentally friendly novelty, they have since become a fun way to cover short distances in crowded neighborhoods. While unlikely to become an everyday form of commuter transport, in places like Paris, London and Groningen in the Netherlands, rickshaws-technically known as pedicabs or trishaws, since the drivers are cycling, not running-hold their own in tourist traffic against more conventional vehicles. "For a night...
...there's a long line of firms waiting to come to market. But there's a big, sobering difference from the '90s, says Georg Hansel, head of German equity capital markets at Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt. "There's an unbelievable increase in activity," he says. "But there are just a few big deals handled by fewer banks. The dotcoms aren't coming back yet." - By William Boston Unseasonal Greetings For U.S. oil-services firm Halliburton, 2003 carried a sting in its tail. Amid recent allegations that it overcharged U.S. tax payers by $61 million for its services, Halliburton unit Kellogg...
...lost their gaming licenses in some venues and are now closed. Playboy Productions never became the alternative movie studio Hefner hoped for; it produces softcore videos for pay cable. The 80s saddled Playboy with the challenge of home video, which made sex with moving bodies available on television. The 90s unleashed the Internet, which made sex accessible, nearly unavoidable, on the computer. Then there are the ?lad books,? including Maxim and FHM, which have taken the Playboy format with one exception - they keep some clothes on their models - and devoured a huge chunk of the male market. (A PG13-rated...
Blame Tony Bennett. Blame his son, actually. It was Danny Bennett who resuscitated his father's career by parading old Tone down the red carpet at every mid-'90s hipster event that attracted a camera. The incongruity of Tony Bennett next to K.D. Lang and the Red Hot Chili Peppers made for great gossip-page photographs and generated enough heat to get Dad his own MTV Unplugged, and that's where Tony really shook things up. He stood by the piano in his shiny suit and sang the exact same standards he has been singing since Larry King...