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...When Europe's largest builder of modular offices and outbuildings asked architecture students to imagine private habitats, the 78-sq-m Casse-Tête, featuring mini-terraces and supersleek insides, was one of two winning French designs. Inspired by the results, Algeco now plans to unveil its own high-end prototype and a line of "flexible" housing starting in September. Meanwhile, the prizewinning Casse-Tête can be yours for $95,200. THE RETREAT www.retreathomes.co.uk You can't see the wheels or the chassis, but they're there. The Retreat is really an upscale trailer in disguise...
...though it took some getting used to. The MFA’s theatre is basically a clean, white lecture hall with a stage at the bottom. The sound system is very good, but won’t exactly vibrate your sternum. In a way, the concert was like a high-end high school assembly...
...official says the Pentagon has concerns about sharing the high-end security software needed for the JSF with companies abroad. "If we could give the codes to the British government and not to a British company, that would be one thing," he says. But such arguments only reinforce the rising doubts in the minds of some British officials about the solidity of the underlying Britain-U.S. alliance. "We've long had troubles with Washington not considering us a full, trustworthy partner," says a British government source. "The JSF is only the most potent symbol...
...long ago, few high-end merchants had any interest in the country, put off by its pervasive poverty and an unsophisticated retailing environment populated mainly by small, independent shops. The handful of luxury brands operating in India did so quietly, selling mainly from boutiques located in five-star hotels. There was virtually no other option. India's major cities lack high streets, which elsewhere provide symbiotic clusters of posh retailers. While India is in the midst of a mall-building boom, there are very few upscale shopping centers in which companies can showcase their luxury products alongside those of similarly...
...Still, many luxury-goods retailers predict that their India business will develop relatively slowly compared with their business in other emerging markets such as China. One major barrier is India's stiff tariffs on high-end imports?the tax on imported watches, for example, is 50%. Joseph Wan, Group Chief Executive for Harvey Nichols, the London-based retailer, says India's recent economic growth and indications that New Delhi is prepared to liberalize its markets are encouraging, but adds that prime real estate in Indian cities is too expensive and that tariffs are prohibitively steep. "Harvey Nichols caters...