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Legend, which sets its prices to match those of American's coach tickets, offers additional perks that include gourmet cuisine, power outlets for laptop computers, and flight attendants trained by the company that schools employees of the Ritz hotel chain. Says Legend chief executive Allan McArtor, 57, a silver-haired former Vietnam fighter jock and past head of the Federal Aviation Administration: "Air travel today is an endurance test...
...founder and president of luxury-goods conglomerate LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, Arnault controls, in addition to the eponymous leather goods and spirits brands, Christian Dior, Givenchy, Celine, Kenzo, Christian Lacroix, Tag Heuer, Dom Perignon, Ebel, two Paris department stores, the DFS duty-free chain and the Sephora perfumery-shops, among other brands. Lately, he has been acquiring new companies at the rate of one a week: Bliss, Hard Candy, Fendi, Pucci, Urban Decay. "We look for hot companies, still small," says Arnault in his accented English, his voice a clipped tenor. "No one can do as much with...
...It’s in the Bag: Daytimer, hair ribbons, Wellbridge membership card, coin purse with key chain, card from Mom, Mead Neatbook, bottle of Poland Springs water...
...It’s in the (Small) Bag: mini-hair brush, room key with ID key chain, Cover Girl Lipslicks, lip gloss, powder compact, nail file, Always maxi...
...past two years alone, here's what has happened: more people are working from home; companies are using business-to-business (B2B) websites to coordinate their supply chain more efficiently; inventories are lower, meaning warehouses are emptier; and although the paperless office has failed to arrive, online habits are reducing paper needs by millions of tons. "We're still going to have to clean up the environment," says Joseph Romm of Washington's Center for Energy and Climate Solutions. "But the Internet is allowing a type of growth that uses energy and resources better...