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...early '90s as dealers bought out the leftovers of old and discontinued models from the major shoe companies. These pristine, never worn, never even laced shoes are known as deadstock to sneaker freaks, and a particularly sought-after pair (like original Nike Air Jordans) can easily fetch as much as $1,000 on eBay or the sneakerhead websites. At those prices, these prized pairs stay off the feet to maintain their mint condition...
...Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci and former Secretary of State James Baker, this month won E.U. clearance to buy Fiat's defense subsidiary, Fiat Avio, for about €1.5 billion. And now it's bidding for DaimlerChrysler's MTU, which makes military aircraft engines, and is also expected to fetch about €1.5 billion. Industry sources say Carlyle wants to put the two together. But first it must outbid U.S. rivals such as KKR and the Blackstone Group. And Economy Minister Wolfgang Clement said this month he wants the firm to remain German. Carlyle is betting that the MTU-Fiat combination...
...worldwide sales and field operations, is fast turning the privately held company into a maniacally profitable outfit. His efforts have transformed the world's top search destination into online advertising's hottest property--scoring more than 100,000 advertisers in just 18 months. Revenues from paid searches could fetch Google $1 billion by year's end, analysts estimate...
...dispersing radiation across a wide area if strapped to conventional explosives. A scientist at the commission told TIME that 23 pages of documents describing how to make bombs were also seized. So far there is no word on whether the four men were trafficking the uranium, which could fetch about $170,000 on the black market, or intending to make a dirty bomb themselves. "It is too early to say who was behind smuggling [the uranium] and what was the purpose," says a spokesman for Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia. The village of Puiya is known as an area with...
...powerful woman still has to tread lightly on her way to the top. That may mean dropping and adding names as the situation dictates - Teresa Heinz Kerry, Hillary Rodham Clinton - even occasionally offering to fetch the coffee. On the way down, she has to be even more careful if she ever hopes to rise again. Even for the strongest of the breed, the best strategy is to feign weakness, to play the damsel in distress. Martha Stewart, that means...