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...that the brand would continue, despite this setback. "Since the acquisition of Christian Lacroix SNC, we have been committed to the brand and to its high-end development," Topiol said in a statement. "We will continue to do so, but the sharp downturn of the luxury market has significantly hurt our revenues...
Staffers in the industry at the heart of the nation's economic woes have been hurt less in the downturn than the rest of the country has. Jobs in the banking and insurance industries have fallen just 5% since the start of the recession. That's half a percentage point less than the 5.4% overall drop in nongovernment employment over the same time period, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). And it is far less than the pain experienced by workers in other sectors of the economy...
...latest episode of this public soap opera came as Europeans voted in parliamentary elections. Some pundits predict that all the hot gossip will hurt Berlusconi, especially among Catholic voters, while others say voters might see him as a victim of rumor-mongering. But there is another, perhaps more far-reaching possibility that could mark the definitive victory of Berlusconi, who has made billions bringing private, sometimes low-brow television to Italy. Italians are growing increasingly immune to it all, resigned to the mingling of serious state affairs with an appetite for gossip. But still they - like us - can't stop...
...humanity is only the beginning of our task. Words alone cannot meet the needs of our people. These needs will be met only if we act boldly in the years ahead; and if we understand that the challenges we face are shared, and our failure to meet them will hurt...
...have learned from recent experience that when a financial system weakens in one country, prosperity is hurt everywhere. When a new flu infects one human being, all are at risk. When one nation pursues a nuclear weapon, the risk of nuclear attack rises for all nations. When violent extremists operate in one stretch of mountains, people are endangered across an ocean. And when innocents in Bosnia and Darfur are slaughtered, that is a stain on our collective conscience. That is what it means to share this world in the 21st century. That is the responsibility we have to one another...