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Fred and Wilma would be hip: rocks are in. Today's trendiest fashion houses are studding pants, blouses, bags and belts with enough of them to fill a quarry. A Bill Blass evening gown is strewn with coral beads; Valentino adorns a pants-and-top set with turquoise and coral; and the extra-wide strap on Marni's messenger bag is festooned with rhinestones...
...COMPANIES FROM MAKING LOANS TO EXECUTIVES A company is not a private bank. Kozlowski appears to have borrowed millions of dollars. WorldCom CEO Bernie Ebbers borrowed hundreds of millions. The Rigases, controlling family members at cable giant Adelphia, borrowed billions. In each case, shareholders have been left holding the bag. So let's change the rules. Executives get paid well; let them go to the bank and put their home in hock like the rest of us. And end the practice by which executives at Enron and Tyco have sold stock back to the company, rather than on the open...
...candidates, but nobody yet seems willing to take the hefty pay cut for the privilege of being abused by airlines, Congress and frustrated flyers. Aviation-industry veterans are getting worried that the position might never attract a high-quality candidate. "The job is only good for a human punching bag," says one. --By Sally B. Donnelly
...society saves about $2 from increased productivity and lower costs related to crime and welfare. Jessica Collins, 21, had been making $6.50 an hour at McDonald's when, she says, she started selling drugs to make more money. Then an addict tried to trade her his daughter for a bag of cocaine, and Collins was shocked into going straight. She enrolled in a yearlong Job Corps program in Edinburgh, Ind., in which she learned to operate heavy equipment. Last week she started an apprenticeship that pays $15 an hour. "Job Corps saved my life," she says...
...innocent cups of the Sri Maa Special Masala Tea, so flavorful it's addictive. Owner Shiku pours smaller and smaller doses of it, to the point where his victim will buy anything to get another cup. Once the requisite fragrant oils are purchased, Shiku produces a tiny gold velvet bag redolent of rare spices: cinnamon, cardamom, clove, mace, nutmeg and saffron?the secret to his house blend. "For five dollars," he whispers, "you can make the tea at home." But when you run out, be prepared to fork out for more of Shiku's perfumes...