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...During a promotional tour of India for Cool Cut, he noticed "people reading voraciously," and an absence of palatable java. "I couldn't get a decent coffee the whole time I was there," Paul says. "I thought, We need to go there." Within a few years, he hopes to expand Baci into big Indian cities and channel a portion of the profits into literacy programs. It's one way to guarantee a future generation of customers...
...wanted a government that required full-time, much less lifelong, service. Lawmakers usually pitched in for a few years upholstering the work of the framers, then went back to their plantations or law practices. This model of the citizen-legislator held for about 100 years, until government began to expand after the Civil War and the realignments of the 1890s made for safer seats where lawmakers could tuck in for a long ride...
...partners are keen to make the summit a place for not only dialogue but also action. To that end, ServiceNation is working with Senators Ted Kennedy and Orrin Hatch on legislation designed to expand opportunities for volunteering and national service. ServiceNation will urge the next President and Congress to enact that legislation by Sept. 11, 2009. Two weeks after the summit, ServiceNation will engage tens of thousands of Americans in hundreds of events across the country in a national Day of Action to highlight the benefits and goals of citizen service...
Ultimately, this may be the big difference that Loyrette makes: for the first time in ages, the Louvre is feeling rich and motivated. Its fund-raising activities are already more aggressive than ever, but Loyrette is constantly looking to expand them. He persuaded Christopher Forbes, of the wealthy U.S. publishing family, to start up the American Friends of the Louvre at a time when France and the U.S. were sparring over Iraq. The organization has taken off and has just given birth to the International Friends of the Louvre. Among the guests at the June gala were the billionaire Mexican...
...goes well this semester, Flat World hopes to offer its books to all academic institutions starting next January and eventually expand its titles across several disciplines. But it still faces a long road to success. There is, for one, its business model. Founder Frank and his partner, Jeff Shelstad, another Prentice Hall alum, say the company plans to forgo advertising on the site and instead make money by selling supplemental materials like study guides, podcasts and paper copies printed on demand for about $35, or about a third of the cost of a traditional textbook...