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Executives' walls are being replaced with glass panels at the Park Avenue headquarters of the Blackstone Group, one of the U.S.'s premier private investment and advisory firms. That's because Hamilton James, 52, who stepped into the firm's No. 3 position a year ago from Credit Suisse First Boston, wants to encourage "openness and connection, that we're all in this together"--the kind of culture he remembers from his 25 years at investment firm Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Blackstone is a powerhouse, with $14 billion raised for private-equity investment, including a recent move into the pub division...
...obviously overstating things, but pure pomegranate juice is one of the most healthful beverages around. It's a great source of potassium, vitamin C and polyphenols, which promote heart health. Pomegranates also contain high levels of flavonoids, potent antioxidants, which may offer protection against heart disease and cancer. A glass of pomegranate juice has more antioxidants than do red wine, green tea, cranberry juice and orange juice. According to a study reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, people who drank just 2 oz. a day for a week showed an average increase of 9% in antioxidant activity...
...last noted American to visit London stayed in a glass box dangling over the Thames. A few might have been happy to provide similar arrangements for me." PRESIDENT BUSH, who was greeted with protests during his trip to London, referring to a stunt performed by magician David Blaine...
...palatial, late 19th century building, Milan's latest hotel was designed by Ed Tuttle of Amanresorts fame. Visitors will pass through a lobby covered by a 9-m-high glass dome-enabling natural daylight to flood inside-before encountering an environment with enough untrammeled opulence to embarrass a Saudi prince. Travertine stone has been lavishly used throughout the building, underscoring a design palette of soaring columns, heavy silk, walnut-backed banquettes and granite urns...
...Larson ’05 is right on one point in her recent column (“Glass Ceilings and Hypocrisy,” Nov. 21): “relentless gender politicking” has overshadowed Carol Moseley Braun’s presidential campaign. However, it is the media, Larson included, that has engaged in this unceasing emphasis on gender. Ambassador Braun has brought her innovative and exciting message for a better America through single-payer health care, sweeping civil rights advances, logical tax policy, and a global, cooperative foreign policy across the country. The media, however, has largely disregarded...