Word: attractions
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...We’ve seen really impressive gains in a lot of the groups that we’ve been trying to attract for several years,” Fitzsimmons said. “It is encouraging...to have such a big jump...
...couture week, companies like Baccarat, Christofle and Chopard, the high-end watch and jewelry maker, operated around the edges of the runway events, throwing parties and sponsoring venues for young designers who preferred to show their luxe ready-to-wear creations during couture week, when it's easier to attract a good crowd, than during the busier ready-to-wear schedule in March. Chopard was especially visible, offering space to several young designers. Caroline Gruosi-Scheufele, Chopard's co-president, hints that a company like hers might someday launch its own couture line. "Why not?" she asks. "All the couture...
While Iowa may be a top destination for presidential candidates, the state hasn't had as much luck wooing twentysomethings. In a 2000 Census study of which states attract the most young, single college grads, Iowa ranked 49th, flanked by the Dakotas (with the northern one coming in dead last). Since then, Iowa has spent millions courting businesses and sprucing up communities with arenas, museums and river walks, but Hawkeye Republicans think they have come up with a more effective inducement for young college grads: exempting residents under the age of 30 from state income taxes. An economic plan unveiled...
...revive deflated stock prices and boost trading volume, the government last week announced that stock-transaction taxes would be cut by 50% for the second time in three years, and that initial public offerings would be resumed after a five-month suspension while other new rules designed to attract investors were implemented. At the same time, the China Securities Regulatory Commission revealed its latest attempt to clean up shaky brokerage houses. (More than a third of the 57 Chinese brokerages that have published 2004 annual results posted losses last year, according to the China Securities Journal...
...benefit dinner, tentatively scheduled for March 12, is still in the preliminary planning stages. Students said they hope to attract a dignitary to speak at the dinner...