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...politician wanted to go home and explain to voters why a company controlled by the government of Dubai was taking over operations at six U.S. ports-without so much as a meow of protest from Congress. As it turns out, that won't be necessary. Dubai Ports World, the firm at the center of the controversy, announced today that it would give up its bid to manage U.S. ports, agreeing to transfer the contracts to a ?U.S. entity...
SHOPPING FOR PERFUME with consultant Olivier Aron, whose Paris-based firm R.O.S.A.E. tracks cosmetics consumers' behavior for companies including L'Oréal, Guerlain and Estée Lauder, is like going to the movies with a director. In Casablanca, you may see Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart romancing, but the director sees a wide-angle close-up sequence. Aron's passion is prowling the aisles to understand what makes shoppers reach for their wallets. At a Sephora perfumery in central Paris, for example, Hugo Boss's new men's fragrance, Energize, is thoughtfully organized on stand-alone shelves complete with dipsticks...
...flights for Lufthansa, Swiss and KLM four years ago, but the first full-fledged airline, Eos, took off last fall from New York City's J.F.K. to London's Stansted. Its customized Boeing 757s have just 48 "suites," including lie-flat bed seats. Eos partners with London-based concierge firm Quintessentially to offer services to passengers from boarding until 24 hours after returning home, and its frequent-flyer points have a fixed cash value. Eos will even book customers on other airlines, paying for tickets with points from their accounts?a first in the history of the business...
...letter dated February 24, 2006, Harvard Hillel president and director Dr. Bernard Steinberg thanked outgoing University President Lawrence H. Summers for his “unapologetic identification with the Jewish people.” Summers was Harvard’s first Jewish president, and Steinberg wrote that Summers stood firm in his support of the community. But following Summers’ ouster, whether or not Harvard’s next president will be so resolute is less certain.Summers’ identification with the Jewish community was a product of little gestures—maintaining a relationship with Hillel...
...warns that “reviews of undergraduate education frequently proceed in a haze of unwarranted optimism without a thorough discussion of ends and means.” Only when colleges have a firm grasp of their own functioning and abilities will curricular reviews actually bring the recommended changes to fruition...