Word: buyer
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Some fashion watchers attribute the resurgence to the influence of Italian designers like Giorgio Armani, whose textured black and gray suits are best highlighted by white shirts. "There is nothing more crisp and effective with a dressy suit than a white shirt," says Phil Borntrager, a buyer at upscale Chicago clothier Mark Shale's. Others see white's return as emblematic of a conservative trend in power dressing. "People are looking for a lower profile, and that includes the way they dress," explains Jody Kuss of the haberdashery Barneys New York...
...when most executives are thinking of retirement, Robert Costello, 61, has just accepted the challenge of a lifetime. He is the new Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, the chief buyer for what amounts to the largest business enterprise in the world. Every day the 170,000 Pentagon employees who report to him sign some 56,000 contracts with private firms ranging from industrial giants like General Dynamics, Boeing and General Electric to tiny subcontractors. As the Pentagon's procurement czar, Costello will buy goods and services worth $170 billion this year. He must also oversee the costs...
Defying all expectations, health costs continue to soar. -- The Pentagon' s new buyer. -- De Benedetti raids Belgium...
This week, as shoppers descend upon furriers for the annual winter sales, those maxims appear all but extinct. A typical buyer is more likely to be female than male, and more likely to be under 30 than 50; also, she may earn less than the salesperson. The new breed of shoppers operates on the principle that life is short, winters are cold, and it is better to spoil yourself than rely on a man to do it for you. "I always wanted a fur, and I get what I want," says Karen Fallica, 24, an accountant from Brooklyn who earns...
...Boston Herald in spite of Senator Kennedy," he said, vowing that he would sell his small Boston TV station if necessary. Murdoch is not, however, willing to give up his New York station, which serves as a flagship for his fledgling Fox network. If he cannot find a buyer for the money-losing Post or overturn the ban on extending waivers, he will be forced to shut down the paper by March...