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...Lagerfeld, who previously designed products for the French mass-market chain La Redoute, follows the relatively new trend of high-end designers' dipping down into popular-priced retail. In the 1970s Halston shocked the fashion world when he sold his name to the U.S. department store J.C. Penney and launched a less expensive collection. Next month Oscar de la Renta will introduce a new moderate line, O Oscar, that will retail for less than $100. "We're certainly going to see more of this," says Marshal Cohen, chief analyst for NPD Group, a New York-based trend-tracking firm...
...Neither the Taliban nor al-Qaeda actually grows opium poppy. Their involvement is higher up the drug chain, where profits are fatter and so is their cut of the deal. Yasini, the Afghan antidrug czar, says the terrorists receive a share of profits from heroin sales by supplying gunmen to protect labs and convoys. Recent busts have revealed evidence of al-Qaeda's ties to the trade. On New Year's Eve, a U.S. Navy vessel in the Arabian Sea stopped a small fishing boat that was carrying no fish. After a search, says a Western antinarcotics official, "they found...
...cars and fledgling drivers clogging mainland China's transportation system?there were 16.7 million new vehicles and 11 million new motorists last year?strict enforcement of new traffic laws is crucial. Unfortunately, as is often the case elsewhere in Asia, enforcement is the weakest link in the road-safety chain. "Police corruption is widespread in China. That's no secret," says Liu, a crew-cut, 37-year-old traffic cop who declined to give his full name. "It's especially true in the traffic section. If you help spring a murderer, you're going to feel a heavy psychological burden...
...many Abbey shareholders are pension funds and asset managers who, to maintain investment objectives, will have to sell if the bank becomes non-U.K. owned. Luqman Arnold, Abbey's chief executive, said he thought the deal would be similar to Wal-Mart's 1999 acquisition of British supermarket chain ASDA, which retains its own name and identity. Whether the deal succeeds or not, Europe's banks remain ripe for more mergers. James Hamilton, an analyst at WestLB Equity Markets, says Germany may be next: "If you look at Germany, which is a relatively fragmented market, there is significant scope...
...member of the boarding party. Typically, sharks caught on these lines are stripped of their fins and thrown back into the water alive. "Not only is the harvesting method wasteful," says Weir, a marine biologist by training, "but taking out the predator at the top of the food chain in such numbers messes with the sea's biodiversity...