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...farmers' rut is a small one compared to that of manufacturing, the heart of the Japanese miracle. Yahaba, a town of 21,000 north of Tokyo, was once an electronics boomtown, home to an Aiwa compact-disc factory and six other manufacturers. In January, loss-making Aiwa shut down the plant - and all of its factories in Japan. "People working there, at first, said, oh, this won't affect us," says Genkichi Kon, who operated a snack shop inside the plant. "But gradually, one by one, people were restructured [translation: fired]." Two other factories have also closed. "People...
Volkswagen, with 19% of the European car market, has its work cut out for it in trying to increase its market share against low-end competitors like Fiat, Ford and Japanese imports. Now luxury competitors are pushing their marques into the compact-car market too, including the Mercedes' A-Class and BMW's One-series, further encroaching on Volkswagen's territory. It's no wonder the People's Car-maker decided to fight back by launching a challenge in the luxury sector. But as beautiful as it looks, does the Phaeton stand a chance against the established luxury champs...
Every student on the go needs to have a compact mobile. How else can one keep track of the deluge of dates, parties and appointments and the whereabouts of scattered friends...
...factory managers and motherboard sales reps you might expect. Crammed into the aisle seat beside my girlfriend, a young woman is touching up her makeup. Meeting someone special? "I'm seeing friends," says Coco, a 27-year-old clerk in a Hong Kong jewelry store. She snaps her compact shut and leans over to confide with a broad smile, "We're going...
...Black, White, Grey Cityscape I” (1994) by Martha Diamond (VES 4abr, “The Art of Color”). Filled with large—even careless—brush strokes, the first of Diamond’s two paintings exudes a dark, smoggy, compact atmosphere, evoking the scene of hazy, indistinct skyscrapers. “Untitled (City)” (2001), on the other hand, blazes with brilliant hues: oranges, yellows bleeding onto a bright blue sky, with smoke rising out of a skyscraper. Diamond’s untitled painting seemed eerily and painfully reminiscent of Sept...