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...many Algerians chose to view the 36-year-old Khalifa as a national dream come true. His biography holds that in 1991 - using around €1,500 in capital - Khalifa exploited experimental liberalization of select sectors in Algeria's state-dominated economy to make a fortune selling 15 generic drugs out of a modest, family-owned pharmacy in Algiers. The experience taught Khalifa how lucrative supplying inexpensive goods and services to an unsatisfied market could be. In 1998, using €6 million in capital from his pharmacy business, he began constructing his Khalifa Group empire that within three years boasted...
Rather than rush through the implementation of generic software, under Becella’s stewardship, Harvard’s registrar office updated their computers at a cautious pace, making sure that students don’t experience the same problems that jarred Yale undergraduates...
TIME reported that in upcoming international trade talks, dozens of generic food names, such as feta cheese, basmati rice and Budweiser beer, may be restricted to their regions of origin [NOTEBOOK, Aug. 11]. Say it isn't so! What about French fries, Spanish omelets, Bermuda onions, Danish pastry and Belgian waffles? Will hamburgers come only from Hamburg? And frankfurters from Frankfurt? And what will become of Mom's apple pie? ESOR BEN-SOREK Rishon Le-Ziyyon, Israel
...What's in a Name? TIME reported that in upcoming international trade talks, dozens of generic food names, such as Parmesan cheese and basmati rice, may be restricted to their regions of origin [Aug. 18]. Say it isn't so! What about French fries, Spanish omelets, Bermuda onions, Danish pastry and Belgian waffles? Will hamburgers come only from Hamburg? And frankfurters only from Frankfurt? And what will become of Mom's apple pie? Esor Ben-Sorek Rishon Letziyon, Israel...
...name comes from a Czech town whose local brewery won court battles last week in Lithuania and Japan over Anheuser-Busch's efforts to keep the Bud name exclusive. Similar trademark concerns will arise at trade talks next month, and if some countries get their way, dozens of generic food names will be restricted to their regions of origin...