Word: agente
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...year before, according to IHL Consulting Group. By 2007, that figure could hit $1.3 trillion. Companies like the technology because kiosks let them save on labor costs. Forrester Research, a consulting firm, calculates that airlines save $3.52 for every customer who uses a kiosk instead of a live agent at the check-in counter...
Within 24 hours of Hamm's individual performance, his agent, Sheryl Shade, got calls from 10 companies asking about endorsement deals, including one that phoned her 20 minutes after he stepped on the podium. "That's unheard of for a male gymnast," says Shade. "I've got a lot of new best friends right now." But Hamm, who grew up on a farm in Waukesha, Wis., enjoys a low-bar profile. "He's not going to turn into a marketer," says Sandy Hamm, Paul's father. "His job is to compete, not promote." Although next time, he could...
...excess coverage, such as a personal-articles policy, to insure valuable possessions. Make sure you keep your insurance documents in a safe place outside your home in case a disaster hits. And if you have to evacuate, remember to take the name and number of your insurance agent with...
...hung low on a brisk January dawn in 2001, as several dozen police agents silently rolled into position in the rugged hills around Mezzojuso, a sleepy town 40 km south of Palermo. For months, investigators had been casing a red-roofed concrete house where they believed top Mafia bosses were planning an important lunchtime summit. Benedetto Spera, among the most feared and powerful figures in Cosa Nostra, was also scheduled to get a doctor's visit at the hillside farmhouse that day to treat his prostate cancer. The summit was considered so important that authorities suspected Bernardo Provenzano, the Sicilian...
...anymore," says Adidas global-communications chief Jan Runau. And the endorsement deals are becoming longer term. "If you get a crack at potentially the most compelling Olympic athlete to come around in a long time, I don't think you want to do a one-year deal," says Phelps' agent, Peter Carlisle, who heads the Olympic division of sports marketer Octagon. Phelps' contract with Speedo--and the accompanying $1 million bonus offer--is good through Beijing...