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...Hotel Woodpecker, tel: (46-70) 775 5393, is a little red hut perched among the branches of a huge, old oak tree in the middle of Västerås' Central Park. Guests climb up a 13-m ladder to reach the hotel's only room-and that's where they stay, because the ladder is then removed. Choose between a "bohème service," which means you bring your own food and bed linen, or the more comfortable deluxe option, where meals and blankets are hoisted up to you in a basket. There's a kitchen, bedroom, veranda...
...bewildering questions in the auto industry is how high gas prices would have to climb before Americans dump their gas guzzlers for more fuel-efficient cars. The issue comes to a head every time prices spike at the pump, whether because of turmoil in the Middle East, a lack of refinery capacity or old-fashioned opportunism in anticipation of a surge in demand. That's the scene now, with oil futures hitting record levels and gas prices averaging nearly $2 per gal. nationwide just as the summer driving season kicks off. If you just spent $75 to fill up your...
...season long, Harvard men’s tennis coach David Fish ’72 has cautioned his team that “you climb one mountain, and there’s going to be another, bigger, beyond it.” Well, tomorrow the No. 21 Crimson will face what Fish deemed its “Everest” in No. 1 Illinois—the defending national champion squad that hasn’t lost since May 2002, 62 matches...
...restaurants in Asia and the Middle East when she was tapped for chief restaurant operations officer, covering everything from equipment to real estate worldwide. With the company's COO post empty since Charlie Bell took over as CEO, following Jim Cantalupo's untimely death, Babrowski's corporate climb may still have a rung...
...estate investment trust (REIT) fell 15%. Yet if the past few years have taught us anything, it's that a slug of real estate lends tremendous stability to an investment portfolio. So don't fall victim to the rate jitters. REITs can thrive so long as any interest-rate climb is slow and takes place over an extended period, says Christopher Haley, a REIT analyst at Wachovia Securities. And that's just the scenario many economists anticipate, as the rebounding economy finally generates jobs and pushes up the price of everything from aluminum to zinc. The best REITs focus...