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...more reason for would-be collectors to get acquainted with the art form, and quickly. "To collect a piece, one must first enjoy it," says Zhuang. "The appreciation is only a question of time." But not much time. If previous experience of contemporary Chinese art has taught anything about these new works in glass, it's this...
...have suggested pulling out until some semblance of order is restored. Though the service continued operating before and through the U.S.-led invasion - boasting probably the deepest Western intelligence operations in Iraq before the conflict - officials say chaos in the country is so great "it's virtually impossible to collect solid, coherent information, which is what we're there...
...weigh on Thompson's mind as he strode through the crowds at the fair. What did appear to bother him, at least initially, was the crush of media that surrounded him - his handlers kept barking at the press to stop asking questions. And Thompson took 30 minutes to collect himself in private after his first hour at the fair. He was visibly relieved when he met up with Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, a Republican who has yet to endorse a candidate and later showed him around the fair...
...Rajiv, 48, who studied engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Daughter Pia, 36, a Wharton economics graduate, runs the retail business. Older sister Renuka handles some international business. Singh says he plans to slowly step away from DLF to concentrate on his golf (handicap: 14), collect more art (DLF owns one of the biggest private collections in the country) and travel (he is the honorary consul general of Monaco and vacations in London...
...check casher with the relative security of a bank. By offering lower basic check-cashing fees along with debit cards and reasonably priced consumer loans, these businesses hope to pocket a chunk of the more than $10 billion in fees that check cashers, payday loaners and pawn shops collect each year. Long ignored by traditional financial institutions, the unbanked get their modest earnings shaved even thinner by the high fees they pay simply to cash their paychecks. That's beginning to change as banks seek out new revenue sources and the unbanked enjoy a little more financial flexibility...