Word: bmw
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...Apple's latest campaign seems to be whistling past the graveyard, the tune is deliberate. It's part of an internal plan called Operation Rainbow, intended to rejuvenate the company's image by associating it--in TV ads, print spots and Websites--with hot properties like Mission and BMW's new sports coupe, the Z3 Roadster. (The Mission ad features Tom Cruise breaking, entering and Apple-PowerBooking his way through danger.) "When I got here, the Apple logo was red, blood red," says Satjiv Chahil, Apple's senior VP for corporate marketing since January. "Our goal is to get some...
Walk along Newbury Street and watch the beautiful people cruise past dress shops and gourmet restaurants in their BMW convertibles. And remember to check out the funky dresses and shirts at Betsey Johnson...
...first time struck down a punitive award as "excessive" and thus a violation of the constitutional requirement of due process of law. In a 5-to-4 ruling, the high court threw out a $2 million damage award to an Alabama man who bought a new $40,000 BMW 535i without knowing that it had a slightly spruced-up paint job. BMW said it spent $601.37 to retouch the 1990 sedan after it had been damaged in shipping. But an Alabama jury awarded the plaintiff $4,000 in the 1992 case for loss of value and tacked on an additional...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Supreme Court decided Monday on a tight 5-4 vote to curtail punitive damage awards from juries. The court struck down as "grossly excessive" a $2 million award won by an Alabama doctor dissatisfied with his BMW. Althought businesses around the country hailed today's decision as a victory, the ruling did not contain any new legal guidelines for future punitive damages caps. The Court only made clear that the awards in this case were excessive and "transcended the constitutional limit". Among the dissenting judges, Antonin Scalia wrote for himself and Clarence Thomas that the ruling...
...Windsor jewelry sale, which brought in $50 million. Mrs. Onassis' jewelry goes on sale Wednesday night and includes a 40-carat diamond she received as an engagement gift from the Greek shipping magnate. Sales later in the week will include JFK's golf clubs and Mrs. Onassis' 1992 BMW...