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...Supermarkets have also taken a big hit. In France, where the large chains account for some two-thirds of all beef sales, turnover was down nearly 40% at the end of January. Many local butcher shops, on the other hand, have actually seen an increase in business. Paris' Frédéric Juré, who proudly displays photos and ID certificates of the cows he carves up, is now selling more beef than ever. "'Mad cow' disease has been a great good," he says. "It has breathed life back into the small butcher shops...
...stable of newspapers and magazines worldwide, has always been privately owned by the reclusive Mohn family. Under the terms of the latest deal, however, Bertelsmann is acquiring 30% of RTL's shares-it already owns 37%-from Groupe Bruxelles Lambert, a Belgian investment firm owned by billionaires Albert Fr?re and Paul Desmarais. Instead of cash, GBL agreed to take 25.1% of Bertelsmann shares. More importantly, the deal allows GBL to sell its shares on the stock market in three years, the first time Bertelsmann stock will be available to the public. "The dogma is broken," said Bertelsmann ceo Thomas...
...VENEZUELA Chávez Defiant President Hugo Chávez Frías reponded to the largest-ever protest against his government by appointing leftist Adina Bastidas to the post of Trade Minister, further alienating the business sector. An estimated 80,000 people marched through Caracas demanding Chávez moderate his policies or quit. Instead, pro-business Interior Minister Luis Miquilena resigned, jeopardizing party and parliamentary support for Chávez who also faces opposition from church leaders...
...simplicity at a bargain price, there are plenty of choices. The water-resistant Unwired FRS-14 ($99 a pair) has high-end features like voice activation and a full range of channels and subchannels, but it looks and feels cheap. The tiny Audiovox FR-560FM ($120 a pair) comes with an FM radio, earphones and fold-down antenna, but we found its reception to be among the worst of the bunch. The colorful Radio Shack Two-Way Personal Radios are currently on sale at $50 a pair but have only two channels and are best for backyard fun or neighborhood...
There is more than one way to look at National Abortion Providers' Day. While Meredith B. Osborn exhorts us to safeguard abortion (Op-Ed, March 10), Priests for Life used the day to give special impetus to their ministry with abortionists. National Director Fr. Frank Pavone commented, "We respect [abortionists'] lives as much as we respect the lives of unborn children. Yet it is precisely because of our respect for them that we listen carefully to the pain and anger they have because of abortion. Pavone quoted abortionist David Zbaraz who said abortion is "a nasty, dirty, yucky thing...