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...differently. Although its headquarters are in Leuven, where AB InBev can trace its brewing roots back to 1366, the firm's power brokers are Brazilian investment bankers who manage a global empire with a workforce of 120,000 and more than 200 brands of beer, including Beck's, Labatt, Bass and Löwenbräu. It has expanded rapidly, following a series of rapacious mergers and acquisitions in recent years, most notably its takeover of Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch in 2008 - after which InBev became AB InBev. But that move also saddled the company with huge debts that...
Upon arrival, guests are taken on a "decompression walk" and encouraged to spend a few minutes in awe of the scenery, "just to appreciate where we are," says Doug Lapuc, resident manager. Activities include cycling, bass fishing and mountain hikes. But Naked Retreats' best feature is serenity. Visitors can wander through dewy tea plantations and bamboo forests, or swim in a reservoir to the buzz of cicadas. Accommodations are basic - the wooden floors creak and there's no air-conditioning - but bungalows come with Western-style kitchens, flat-screen TVs and wireless Internet. See nakedretreats.cn...
Assembly speaker Karen Bass, a Los Angeles Democrat, says she is "highly troubled" by Schwarzenegger's proposals for further cuts to a social-welfare system under severe strain. Unemployment in many urban neighborhoods tops 20%, and the number of homeless women and children is growing. Additional cuts to the foster-care system and increased caseloads for social-welfare workers will put children's lives at risk, according to Bass. "Last year's budget left the safety net on life support," she says. "Now the governor is talking about disconnecting the respirator...
...first ever Stateside exhibition of pieces from the collection, entitled Where Do We Go from Here? , runs through March 14 at Miami's Bass Museum and will be a highlight of the city's winter cultural season. Organized in four key areas - urban anthropology, artist profiles, art with texts and art within art - the show features everything from conventional paintings and drawings to illuminated neon texts and installation pieces, and is an unusual offering for the Bass, which typically shows major European paintings, sculpture and tapestries in its sleek, Arata Isozaki-designed pavilion. (See the Top 10 Art Exhibitions...
With important names like Daniel Guzmán, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Jorge Méndez Blake and Orozco taking center stage, the exhibition is decidedly, and understandably, Mexico-heavy. But by juxtaposing these talents with international contemporaries - from Jenny Holzer to Paul McCarthy, Kelley Walker to Jeff Koons - the Bass has "been able to bridge these creative cultures," enthuses executive director and chief curator Silvia Karman Cubina. The result, she says, is "a very exciting dialogue between past and present." See bassmuseum.org for more...