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...offer auctions where bids can rocket through the roof. To avoid overpaying and the nuisance of scanning hundreds of sites yourself, go to FatLens.com a new site that scours the Web for the cheapest concert tix, even if they're offered on Craigslist or by an obscure online discount broker...
...slow any onslaught from enemy tanks and troops. In those days, the town's proximity to North Korea made it an unpopular place to live. Today, property prices are as high as those in the rest of metropolitan Seoul. "Lots of people want to live here," says real estate broker Kim Bok Chun, 50. "There's lots of fresh air." The threat of a nuclear test by the North? "This isn't affecting the price of apartments," he says. "North Korea won't attack us with nukes?we're the same race." Says Lee Do Hwan, another employee of Ilsan...
Marshall Ganz, a Kennedy School Professor and former colleague of Contreras, describes him as “smart, driven to make a difference, resilient, and gifted with a sense of humor that helped make it possible for him to broker relationships that surprised everyone.” Ganz’ comment could describe union bosses in general. They are men and women who get things done for people who would otherwise be ignored by those in power...
Over tea at the elegant Taj Mahal Hotel, a fast-talking broker rhapsodized about a new Swiss-based hedge fund that he's hawking to foreigners. "The upside potential is huge. The downside risk is minimal," he assured me. Foreign investors are so receptive to India, that kind of giddily unrealistic pitch might just work. Indeed, a director at a Bombay brokerage house told me he has been startled by recent encounters with foreign investment firms. Their attitude, he says, is "'Let's just get invested quickly. It's going to boom for the next 20 years...
...Benedict XVI-may be wise to focus first on the people of Rome. Along with being the Vicar of Christ and the Supreme Pontiff of the Church, the pope is also the bishop of this city-and the Romans feel it. Fabrizio Magnani, a 65-year-old real estate broker was on his way to meet a client near St. Peter's when the radio announced white smoke and ringing bells. He parked his car as soon as he could and joined "a river of people" rushing into the Piazza to see who would be the new pontiff. "In Rome...