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...major factor in the U.S. economy. As subtly and sneakily as a falling nightgown strap from the Victoria's Secret lingerie catalogue, they have exerted a refreshing influence on American consumers and their style. More than 5 billion of those catalogues will be mailed in 1982 ... The average American household receives 40 catalogues a year ... To an ever increasing number of consumers with neither time nor heart for legwork shopping, thumbing through the catalogues can not only save time and money but be rewarding as well. --TIME...
...Blame it on Japan's ever reluctant consumer. Household spending has long been the missing piece in Japan's recovery puzzle: every time sustainable domestic demand seems to be around the corner, wallets snap shut again. Part of the problem this time is that companies have been loath to share their record profits with employees. "Economic recovery started in early 2002, and worker income still has not risen," says Jeffrey Young, head of economic and market analysis at Nikko Citigroup in Tokyo. As a result, domestic spending in the third quarter edged up only...
...night negotiating session ended last Wednesday morning when the head of the Lenovo team sent a text message reading, "Everything is O.K.," to CEO Yang Yuanqing. Yang quickly approved a deal that gives Lenovo ownership of one of the world's most trusted brands. For the next 18 months, household-name products like ThinkPad will carry IBM's name. After that they'll switch to both the Lenovo and IBM brands, and in five years "there will be no more IBM personal computers," says Yang, who will leave his post to become chairman. Lenovo has already begun promoting...
...properties,” he reveals. “I’m interested in bringing some of the lesser known comic characters to the screen, I think that’s what made Blade such a pleasant surprise to so many people, he wasn’t a household name...
...sequence--all flying pandas and singing geese set against the annoyingly catchy title music--you know you're dealing with the most unusual and original game to hit the PlayStation2. You play a pint-size cosmic prince frantically rolling his Katamari (a sticky ball) around a landscape filled with household objects. At first, the Katamari can pick up only thumbtacks and other small items. But the larger it gets, the more it can pick up, until eventually you've got a ridiculous giant ball of junk that can successfully spear skyscrapers. This is the game that the phrase...