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...knows he'll never beat Home Depot and Lowe's on prices for $100-plus power tools, so he stocks a minimal quantity. Instead, he targets weekend tinkerers who need repair and maintenance goods in a hurry, and he has bulked up on lawn and garden supplies and high-end paints, which are hot growth lines on which he can earn good profits...
...this stuff, plus the lighting, heating and cooling, security, sound system, curtains and window blinds, can be run through a computer controller. George Collins of Peterson & Collins, a high-end builder in Washington, has a client who has taken it to the limit. A computer runs everything from the snowmelt system in the driveway to the temperature of the fish tank to the alerting of the homeowner that someone is in the swimming pool...
...waitstaff had, until then, followed the Spanish model—which Yangcras says does not hire women to work in high-end restaurants. At Pamplona, the waiters still wear a black-and-white uniform with a tie that is typical in Spain...
...Simmons and I] have been tailgating at Brown all day.” By 9:30, the group reaches Pennypacker and flies upstairs to meet the rest of their friends. Inside the room, a wooden coffee table (found outside Pinocchio’s) holds several half-empty bottles of high-end liquor and assorted Annenberg dishware. Evans reveals that he shipped 20 liters of vodka over from England, accruing $500 in fines in the process. “My mom called me up,” he says with a rueful smile and gesturing with an open liquor bottle...
...industry has recovered. New laws say no cattle over 13 months old-the lower quality that were the bulk of exports-can enter the food chain. "That is here to stay," says a Farmers' Union spokesman, "and we won't see the old volumes again." Even in the small, high-end market for young, prime beef, there's no guarantee that consumers, especially in France, will bite. THE BOURSE When Mickey Gets Militant How intense are Disney's troubles? The company hired George Mitchell, who helped forge Northern Ireland's Good Friday agreement, to co-chair the corporate governance committee...