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...most promising investigative progress over the past couple of weeks has taken place overseas. From its sprawling Special Information and Operations Center in Washington, the FBI coordinates the work of its 56 domestic and more than 30 foreign offices, which have rarely been busier. About 15 German-speaking FBI agents are in Berlin and Hamburg assisting roughly 400 members of German law enforcement working the case. This close cooperation with overseas investigators has produced some of the best leads so far. For example, foreign law-enforcement agencies have given U.S. officials access to prisoners connected with al-Qaeda. Some...
...other side of the warm welcome, the employee’s greatest fear is accidentally greeting the same customer twice. This is a perfectly understandable occurrence, especially on busier days. But while most customers are very patient with employee lapses, the double-greet usually results in an unsettling stare. This stare is more quizzical than disdainful, but it still strikes fear into the heart of even the most intrepid sales associate. Does courtesy, however redundant, warrant an apology? Would a rapid retreat into the camouflage of the throw-pillow racks be an act of cowardice, or one of judicious modesty...
...such perilous “busier days” come more and more often during the summer, as the overnight-camp and dorm-room markets constitute our equivalent of the Christmas retail season. It’s not difficult to imagine myself as one of the young men sifting through racks of twin-extra-long sheets; I distinctly remember taking it as a good omen that my sheet pattern bore the name “Harvard.” Now, aside from the “Cambridge” quilt pattern, omens of any kind are few and far between...
...scheduling is that next week is really busy in the House - they?re already looking at the trade bill and the energy bill, which are both big issues. So adding the patients? bill of rights to next week?s agenda would make an already busy week that much busier...
Public-auction websites like eBay are doing a fire-sale business in surplus tech hardware. A new Cisco AS5300 access server with a recommended retail price of $50,000 was auctioned off for less than $2,500. Even busier these days is Virtual Chip Exchange, a private marketplace for 4,200 established buyers and sellers of computer chips and semiconductors in 40 countries. VCE is currently the planet's largest electronics B2B exchange, as rated by Jupiter Media Metrix. The privately held company reports that revenues rose past $37 million in the first quarter, up 238% from the same period...