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...economic miracle has had its limits. Parts of the city are industrial and drab, and in recent years petty street crime has become so bad that some Hong Kong residents no longer shop there for cheap household goods and knock-off designer clothes. But with per capita GDP of almost $7,500, Shenzhen is among the richest cities in China. Today's downtown is a jumble of traffic-clogged streets, luxury hotels, Hugo Boss and Louis Vuitton stores, and foreign eateries like Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. At the Portofino housing complex on the city's outskirts, golf carts carry...
...There is some silver lining for the industry. Vendors are looking to emerging markets such as Brazil, Russia, India and China. And even in the mature Japanese, European and U.S. markets, a lot of people still do not have digital cameras. IDC analyst Paul Withington in London says that household penetration levels are far from the 70-80% that the industry reached with film cameras. "It's down to the vendors to try to stimulate that growth," says Withington. That means that consumers are in for a treat of more features at lower prices, as camera makers constantly improve their...
...Quayle Hodek. "It's an additional cost - kind of like paying more for an organic apple." But, he reminds, "it's not double. They're just paying the difference." Vail won't disclose the added cost to their energy bill, but to put it in perspective, an average household would have to pay roughly $15 extra per month to replace their energy consumption with wind. For a company that operates resorts in Colorado, California, Nevada, and Wyoming in addition to 125 retail stores nationwide, the difference...
...November, Andrea, Noah and baby John moved into the 38-ft. trailer, setting themselves up in a recreation-vehicle community in Seminole, Fla. While Rusty worked, Andrea spent her days taking Noah and John to the beach, the park and the children's museum. Rusty was head of the household. Andrea was his partner. Their parenting skills differed, he says, but their philosophy didn't. They showed the boys the value of books, sports, the arts. Andrea taught them to shuck corn and snap green beans. She wanted them to appreciate the colors of rainbows. She let them make messes...
...very fortunate to grow up in a household where my parents were incredibly supportive of the arts. My brothers ended up becoming professional dancers. I grew up as the third dancing brother in a family of dancing brothers--not the cool thing to be in the middle of West Virginia. I did have guns, though. I'm pro-gun. I think that guns don't kill people. Bullets kill people...