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...provide water to the city of Lyon. It was such a hit on the Paris stock market that the company soon spun off its own bank, Société Générale. Competing bank Crédit Lyonnais parried in 1880 with the creation of Lyonnaise des Eaux, which is the core of Suez's water business today. Though the direct links to those banks no longer exist, both companies have been key players in the roiling waters of French business and government ever since...
...school attached to the new Bangkok Boxing Stadium. Courses are offered at a range of levels. Curious newcomers can attend ringside lessons (from $45) that involve light sparring with professional boxers. One-day to one-week courses (from $20) are offered to dabblers, while the hard core can take the plunge with rigorous three- to six-week training programs (from $600) that include lessons with Thailand's best coaches, backpacker-style accommodation above the stadium, and home-cooked meals. After training, students can watch bouts between rising Muay Thai stars in the stadium, where the clean floors and orderly stands...
...Crew stocked heavy sweaters and classic styles, then watched the temperature rise and shoppers recede. Yet that misstep paled next to the one that ended his reign at Gap in the late 1990s, when Drexler overreacted to fast-fashion chains like H&M and took Gap trendy, alienating its core khaki customer. That call, exacerbated by an overaggressive store expansion, led to his forced resignation...
...time, or better said, the three longest games since 1996, or even better said, the three longest games since kids still played with pogs. If I was a lifetime devotee of the sport, that would be one thing, and this unlikely coincidence could be explained away as hard-core fandom. But, in fact, I hadn’t been to a women’s hockey game until I arrived at Harvard two years ago and to this point have only attended roughly 50 contests...
...their early stages, and with community opposition rallied against the project, the future is still uncertain.MUSEUM MAMBOThe Fogg Art Museum, on 32 Quincy Street, has not changed substantially in the last 80 years. Despite more modern additions such as Werner Otto Hall, home to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, the core of the Fogg is much as it was when first built. The museum has substantial infrastructure issues problematic for its art—including a lack of modern climate control and buckling walls in the Busch-Reisinger—and has long needed renovations.In 1998, renowned Italian architect Renzo Piano...