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...Heartattack, non-family feud...
Competition in the commercial- airplane market--estimated to be worth $2 trillion over the next 20 years--is expected, but this feud has bigger implications. At its core is a debate about the relationship between the state and private enterprise--specifically, what sort of helping hand can a country legally give its friendly local planemaker? Because of the big money involved and the critical role that aircraft play in national security, the spat threatens already tense U.S.-E.U. relations and could hurt the huge aerospace industry and its thousands of employees on both sides of the Atlantic...
...last week, Helmut Lang, the Austrian-born ready-to-wear designer and reigning minimalist of the '90s, resigned from his own company, which is owned by the Prada Group. The move ended a feud with Prada CEO Patrizio Bertelli over how to reverse losses at Lang's line. In the mid-'90s, Lang's sales were as high as $100 million. When he sold a 51% stake in his namesake brand in 1999, Lang touted Bertelli as a guy who "understands the culture of a high-end product," and said, "His line is very, very well managed." Bertelli, who later...
...control. Di Lauro associates are believed responsible for the drive-by shooting late Saturday that killed a 21-year-old rival and wounded his 13-year-old nephew, bringing the total murders in the last three months to 47, including 14 in January alone. The faida, or blood feud, began when a Mob splinter group rebelled against alleged demands from Di Lauro for a bigger cut of the profit. The women who accosted police on Jan. 21 were likely among those who live off the money from drug trafficking, which is worth up to €500,000 a day. Vittorio...
...Labour wins the election expected this spring, he will serve a full third term and stand down before a potential fourth. Jan. 2005 The Sunday Telegraph publishes extracts from Brown's Britain by Robert Peston, a journalist with close ties to the Brown camp, which details the Blair-Brown feud and describes their relationship as becoming one of "mutual animosity and contempt." Blair denies Peston's account, describing the book as "tittle-tattle," but Brown does not. Alarmed Labourites confront the pair at a heated meeting, and put pressure on them to quash the fuss. The next day, Brown says...