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...face an uphill struggle to win passage. Schröder's work carrots are as innovative as his sticks. One reform, called "mini-jobs," allows people to work part-time for up to j400 a month without having to pay tax or social insurance. The employer pays a flat 25% fee to the government. Since April, an astounding 930,000 people have started mini-jobs (most are second jobs). "It's really fantastic," says Anke Koch, 35, who works in an upscale Berlin restaurant. "I can work part-time and get health benefits for me and my baby...
...Enright's term falls flat, then a moniker still has to be coined. Here are some candidates...
...fashion house after taking umbrage at the dictatorial ways of Prada CEO Patrizio Bertelli, who bought her company in 1999. In May, four months after her noncompete clause expired, Sander returned to the fashion house she founded when she was just 24. With sales at Jil Sander flat in 2002, it was good news for Bertelli. TIME's Lauren Goldstein caught up with Sander at the Milan men's shows, where she was unveiling her first collection since coming home...
...blistering 115? on a summer Sunday in New Delhi, and it feels as if your head is stuck in a tandoor. But Saurabh Kedia, 22, would never know it. The New Delhi native dips his flat naan bread into a dish of spinach curry in the air-conditioned comfort of a friend's private club. On the table lies Kedia's prized possession, an Ericsson feature-loaded mobile phone with PDA-like functions that cost him nearly $400, almost as much as an average Indian earns in a year. That night he plans to watch X2: X-Men United...
...McDonald's' menu in India is so customized to Indian tastes that an American would scarcely recognize it. The best seller is the McAloo Tikki burger, a vegetarian fried-potato patty with cheese. The newest entry is the McCurry Pan, a flat pastry filled with hot broccoli or chicken curry. The result: while the floundering fast-food giant scales back and shuts restaurants elsewhere in the world, in India it can't dish out the veggie burgers fast enough. McDonald's has 48 stores in India, 60% of them built in the past 18 months. The outlets see on average...