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...book is about to close on the nation’s oldest all-poetry store, as the Grolier Poetry Book Shop is forced under by competition from chain bookstores and the Internet...
...heart of Kerry's approach, like Bush's, is to give the U.N. and NATO larger roles going forward, that still leaves the question of whether it would work; coordinating a multinational force can be more challenging than relying on a single nation's chain of command. Here it is Kerry's turn to balance political needs against military ones. He believes that democracy and civil society cannot be imposed on an unwilling populace, so NATO and the U.N. have a better chance of success than the U.S. acting alone because whatever Iraqi leadership emerged would be perceived as more...
It’s not uncommon for a t-shirt to shrink, but Urban Outfitter’s “Voting is for Old People” t-shirt turned into a novelty item yesterday when the retail chain yanked it from their shelves...
Starbucks' reluctance has less to do with the cost of beans than with the hassle of rejiggering its supply chain. The company is no Scrooge. It pays on average $1.20 per lb. for its high-quality beans, well above average. But most of that money goes to multinational exporters, who buy from middlemen in coffee regions. The giant traders pool beans from small plots and big estates. The anonymous farmer earns a sliver of what Starbucks pays. But Fair Trade's 346 struggling farmer-owned co-ops might need hands-on training and investment to meet Starbucks' specs, an investment...
Those innovations place BNSF in a position to benefit from Wal-Mart's never-ending crusade to create a tighter supply chain. For instance, Wal-Mart is requiring major suppliers to put RFID--radio-frequency identification--on all cases and pallets by 2005. BNSF already uses a first-generation RFID system to track railcars with shipments for Wal-Mart and plans to take the system to the next level, even if that means tagging every piece of lumber it hauls. "Whatever interests Wal-Mart fascinates the hell out of me," says Campbell. But BNSF is taking the technology beyond...