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...over the world--each hunched over his or her computer screen--gather on the same 3-D map, connected via the Internet. At last count, the land of EverQuest had 433,445 inhabitants, with 12,000 new immigrants arriving every month. Its subscription fees have made the game a gold mine for its owner, Sony, and helped put a relatively obscure genre--the massively multiplayer game--on the map. This week at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, a select few VIPs will get an early glimpse of EverQuest II, a sequel likely to trigger another Norrath population boom...
...Muttrah quickly reveals this penchant for perfume is not just an aesthetic pleasure?it's big business with a long history. Omanis have been extracting frankincense from the Boswellia carterii tree since the 6th century B.C., and have been exporting the rare resin?worth more than its weight in gold?around the Arab world for the past 3,000 years...
...fashioned perfumes for Chanel and Dior, Amouage combines more than a hundred natural oils?including silver frankincense from the Dhofar region of Oman, and rock rose, which grows on barely accessible Omani hillsides. Amouage comes in clever minaret-shaped bottles decorated with traditional Omani designs. One of these gold and leaded crystal bottles will set you back about $3,000 in Paris or London, so you might want to opt instead for a $5 bottle of scented oil from the souk. That's more than enough to conjure up the flavor of Oman long after you have left the "land...
...ordered the return of a $1 billion stake in Gazprom that former managers sold to their relatives' firm for a mere $2.5 million. The state will now have a 55.6% share in Russia's biggest company. I N D I C A T O R S The Cup Of Gold Even economists want a piece of the World Cup action. A new report sees correlation between GDP and FIFA rank (with the notable exceptions of the U.S. and Argentina). And although Japan may lose, its flagging economy should win: from 1954 to 1998, GDP growth for host nations averaged...
...this corner... Korbut, a three-time gold medalist in the 1972 Olympics in Munich, is looking to score a perfect 10 in her ring debut...