Word: barcelona
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...student of contemporary Spanish history could have told the World Bank that Barcelona is not a fun town for the anarchist-averse. But somebody ought to tell the bankers that their anti-capitalist nemeses may find it even easier to crash the virtual barricades of cyberspace than to break through lines of riot policemen...
...primary residence is Prague, he manages some 300 employees across the Czech and Slovak republics for GTS, a firm based in London with offices in the U.S., and operates the largest fiber-optic network in Europe. But for 13 one-week stays over two years, Schoch is jetting into Barcelona to join 80 classmates of 24 nationalities...
...addition to learning such traditional M.B.A. subjects as accounting and finance, the students participate in a special summer session devoted to global commerce. For three weeks, Schoch will travel from Barcelona to the University of Chicago's flagship Illinois campus and then to a second satellite campus that the university opened last fall in Singapore. "I've spent most of my career overseas working with people from different countries," says Schoch. "It just didn't make sense to drop everything to get my M.B.A. back...
...Nortec has made Pepe a successful man. He recently quit his $12-an-hour job as a chemical engineer at a maquiladora, where he mapped computer formulas for face creams. Tijuana Sessions is selling well, and he has lucrative gigs scheduled this summer in Los Angeles, London and Barcelona. His home, in Tijuana's Las Playas neighborhood, has an ocean view, cathedral ceilings and a custom-built studio, where he shows a visitor his collection of 40 keyboards. As midnight approaches, the visitor looks at his watch and makes a gesture that says it's time...
...David Gilmour (without Pink Floyd.). Still other veteran artists mix longtime favorites with new chart-topping music. Madonna, Bon Jovi and U2 have all had huge hits in recent months, and all three have huge tours this summer, with Madonna's first tour in eight years kicking off in Barcelona on June...