Word: buzzed
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...only a week after Thanksgiving, and most of the big Oscar engines are still in the roundhouse, gathering steam for their dash to big-time buzz, grosses and Academy glory--or not. But while everyone hovers about them, you should glance over at that sidetrack where a little engine that may not even think it can is getting a head start to the finish line...
...Brazilian Back to the Future By ANDREW DOWNIE Brazil, too, may be counting on a repeat of history. The buzz in Rio de Janeiro is that Carlos Alberto Parreira is about to be recalled as coach, to replace the unimaginative Luis Felipe Scolari. After a scratchy qualification campaign under four different coaches, the four-time winners need to start looking like champions again, and who better to do that than the man who twice led them to glory, as player and as coach. Parreira knows exactly how hard it can be to please his football-mad countrymen: he once said...
...threat to the majors from the discounters has become very real. Carriers like Ryanair, easyJet, Buzz and Go, which concentrate on short-haul routes, have been almost impervious to the downturn in transatlantic travel. They're thriving. Ryanair, which earlier this month became Europe's most valuable airline with a market capitalization of $5 billion, announced a 39% rise in profits for the six months ending Sept. 30. EasyJet posted an annual profit of $58 million...
...Belgium's Sabena declared bankruptcy earlier this month, the day after B.A. announced that its pretax profits for the third quarter had plunged from $290 million to $7.3 million and that it was expecting a significant loss for the year. But not all European carriers are struggling. Ryanair, easyJet, Buzz and Go--inspired by U.S. discounting pioneer Southwest Air--concentrate on short-haul routes, and have been almost impervious to the downturn in transatlantic traffic. Sure, there are fewer American tourists booking weekend excursions from London to Dublin, but business traffic and leisure travelers taking advantage of sale fares have...
Culture shock is a constant factor in matching contractors to jobs. Martin Kelman, 35, a Briton who until recently headed Dataworkforce's U.S. office in the Dallas suburb of Plano, says he found U.S. business culture "a real buzz," because "in the United States, it doesn't matter if you have the right school tie or who your father was." But one contractor he brought in from Indonesia found the change unsettling. "One day he's riding his bike to work in Jakarta; the next he's in Manhattan," chuckles Kelman. The company nurtures its contractors on the road. Brayshaw...