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...talk a little bit about how you got started in the business? I know you were originally a dancer. Yeah, I started as a dancer in 1991 or '92. I modeled a little bit, and I did a bunch of music videos. Once I cut my face [in a bar fight at age 25], I started getting attention from directors to play thug roles in music videos. That kind of got the ball rolling...
...will come down to a game of chicken, in which consumers face off with retailers over price to see who blinks first, says AlixPartners' Eshelman. But with inventories significantly lower, the desperate markdowns may never happen. "Retailers are focused much more on profitability than on sales growth," he says. "So I think retailers have a better chance of winning that game of chicken this year than in years past...
However, GM insiders say the existence of the Saab brand, which is famous for its quirky styling, aircraft-like interiors and center-mounted ignition switch, could face extinction unless another investor quickly steps forward to rescue the Swedish automaker. So far, no other investor has expressed much interest in Saab. In addition, the Swedish government has been reluctant to provide financing for Saab despite the brand's long and distinguished history and its 2,500 employees. The brand, however, has never made money for GM, which acquired it for $2.5 billion in 1991. (See pictures: "General Motors Factory-scapes...
...drawing any lines in the sand," he says. "I just think that there's going to be enough momentum to get a bill passed that one issue - even one very important issue - will not prevent passage." That said, when pressed, Casey, with a faint smile on his face, echoed the same line he told Stabenow in the meeting with faith leaders: "There's still a good bit of work to be done...
...think Albert Camus has any need of Sarkozy, I think Sarkozy has greater need of some intellectual sparkle," Camus biographer Olivier Todd told France Inter radio on Saturday. "This is a gimmick - it's part of his technique of hijacking the intellectual milieu. It flies absolutely in the face of everything that Camus stood...