Word: galland
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...large firm in Chicago, where she had been designated his attorney mentor. (They have two daughters, ages 3 and 6.) After law school, Obama declined higher-paying offers from big firms and joined a small civil-rights outfit in Chicago. But the partners at Miner, Barnhill & Galland never expected him to stick around. "There aren't many blindingly talented people, and most of them are pains in the ass," says George Galland Jr. "Barack is the whole package...
...Visible Hand Who's better positioned to set prices - the market, or French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy? Consumer groups and even some supermarket chains have long complained that a 1996 law designed to protect small retailers has hiked prices. Last week Sarkozy agreed, but instead of changing the "Galland law," he brokered a deal between retail chains and suppliers that will cut the price of some 4,000 items, from baby food to toilet paper, by an average of 2% in September and another 1% in January. Sarkozy hailed the deal as a "significant" reduction that will aid consumers. Consumer...