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...horror scraping the bottom of the barrel or is it just a new Flaming Lips video? “The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song” opens with three attractive Japanese girls posing in a dimly-lit subterranean room and brandishing knives and saws in front of a businessman before proceeding to tape hamburgers all over his body, then releasing him into a dusty street filled with hungry sumo-wrestler types. It’s bizarre and a little disturbing, but what do you expect from a band whose live shows feature bunny suits and fake blood? Besides, seeing...
...Geisha has broken down barriers for Chinese actors. I hope Ang Lee is on the list. Because of him, Chinese filmmaking will be better recognized by the U.S. film industry. He has made his fellow Chinese extremely proud. I would also include Wang Yung-ching, a Taiwanese businessman who is donating hearing implants to the children of China this year, and Professor Han Demin, the head of Beijing's Tongren Hospital, because of his charity fund-raising efforts...
...Italians fight back? Alessandro Calligaris has a blunt answer: "We have to win the loyalty of our customers." He is 60, with a fuzz of white hair and a reputation as the most successful businessman in the chair triangle. His company, the namesake Calligaris, was started by his grandfather in 1923 and is still growing. Revenues last year rose 12%, to $140 million. His first big insight, more than a decade ago, was to figure out that the future lay beyond chairs. The Calligaris furnishing collection, sold under the slogan "Italian Living," last year included sofas and beds...
...answer of Berlusconi the businessman is, try to earn more." SILVIO BERLUSCONI, Italy's Prime Minister and richest citizen, after being asked in a TV interview what the government could do to help low-income workers...
Vice President of Alumni Affairs and Development Donella M. Rapier calls the prince, who is chairman of the Kingdom Holding Company, a “self-made man.” According to Rapier, Alwaleed views himself first as billionaire, then as businessman, then as prince, as evidenced by the title of his autobiography, “Billionaire, Businessman, Prince...