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...undercover jobs are so exotic. Sometimes it's as simple as buying a candy bar at an airport store to see if the cashiers hand out receipts. And even high-end restaurant work has its drawbacks. "After multiple meals at a hotel recently, I just couldn't take another bite," confides Pokodner. "If I did this all the time I'd weigh 400 pounds." Mystery shoppers quickly pick up tricks of the trade: how to spill drinks into potted plants or slip uneaten pork chops into a hidden plastic bag (a trick that can backfire if the waiter looks around...
...lockout, and the subsequent accumulation of high-end talent in middle-level leagues, competition at tryout camps was fierce and spots on minor league teams were...
...murderous price war, Sharp concentrates almost exclusively on ever-larger TVs or on small, high-quality panels found in cell phones, car navigation systems, and hand-held game players like Sony's PSP and Nintendo's DS. This strategy has enabled Sharp to withstand the margin pressure that's ravaging its rivals. Sharp's small-panel market, says Lehman Bros. analyst Yuki Sugi, is particularly lucrative, as its clients tend to place long-term orders for highly specialized, high-margin goods. Similarly, at the other end of the spectrum, Sharp has profited richly by being the first company to bring...
...commence in time for the 2006 World Cup soccer tournament. During this sea change, Sharp intends to use Aquos as the product that burnishes its reputation as a top-tier global brand. Already, international business accounts for about half of Sharp's overall revenues, with buoyant sales of its high-end TVs in the U.S. and Europe driving these gains. The company has also benefited abroad from the launch last fall of a worldwide branding campaign, including ads produced by Wieden+Kennedy, an agency that's famous for managing Nike's advertising. Since the spots began airing, brand recognition...
...could run afoul of House ethics rules that prohibit lawmakers and their staffs from soliciting gifts from lobbyists. And TIME reported last week that top members of DeLay's staff accepted expensive gifts from Abramoff, also in apparent violation of House ethics rules. Among those gifts, sources say, were high-end golf equipment, theater and sports tickets. Abramoff even used his own frequent flyer miles and hotel points to send Tony Rudy, a top DeLay aide at the time, on a weekend getaway, the sources said. Rudy did not respond to requests for comment...