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Launch a left-wing talk-radio network in a medium ruled by the bully pulpiteers of the right? They said it couldn't be done. Air America Radio exec Jon Sinton recalls the loud whispers before last year's start-up: "They said, 'Liberals aren't funny or engaging. A concept of a liberal network is stupid...
...past few years, in contrast with half a dozen still using the old tracks. "Banked track is the sport of dinosaurs," says flat-track pioneer Lacy Attuso, a.k.a. Whiskey L'Amour of the Texas Rollergirls in Austin. "We're the new wave." Attuso, who is a p.r. exec by day, says the Rollergirls are creating "a coalition of the willing" that will hash out official flat-track rules in Chicago this summer. And the league's inaugural meeting comes none too soon. "The injury rate in flat track is extremely high," warns Tim Patten, owner of the old-school...
...walking example of this style. "I like to wear jeans and a Juicy Couture tank top with a special piece," she says. "Head to toe in a fancy outfit doesn't look modern. And price is no longer the determinant of style." That from a senior exec at Chanel? "Well, you either want something superexpensive with beautiful detailing, or you want something that's hip and disposable. What does the well-made, kind of nice stuff in the middle mean anymore...
...Chanel Inc., likes the mix. "I like to wear jeans and a Juicy Couture tank top with a special piece," she says. "Head to toe in a fancy outfit doesn't look modern. And price is no longer the determinant of style." This from a senior exec at Chanel? "Well, you either want something super-expensive with beautiful detailing or you want something that's hip and disposable. What does the well-made, kind of nice stuff in the middle mean anymore?" Not so much when it comes to the Dolce & Gabbana customer. "When we offer a shoe in leather...
...week, EDF president Pierre Gadonneix and Paolo Scaroni, head of Italy's state-owned utility ENEL, agreed to develop joint projects in France and Europe, including those in the nuclear sector. An end to the static? One Italian exec familiar with the negotiations dismisses the plan as little more than a p.r. move, and says it's too early for Rome to consider lifting the cap. And onerous put options may yet force EDF to exit Italy. But Italian utilities might want to buy a piece of Italenergia and that "could get the French off the hook," says the exec...