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...marketing folks of almost every brand that is trying to unstuffy itself will insist that what the company is doing is not about fashion. They do this partially for the benefit of Wall Street-fashion is cyclical and temporary, and the marketers need to convince investors that their brand will be Armani or Ralph Lauren, never really going off the boil. So how to reposition Coach, a purveyor of high-quality if not sex-drenched handbags, whose turf was being mowed by more fashion-aware companies, such as Kate Spade, and by other designers who were beginning to do handbags...
...trial is expected to last 12 weeks, just like a visiting summer show. Kaplan, a pale, balding, pug-nosed 41-year-old with increasingly dark circles around his eyes, sits attentively in court as a cast of witnesses describe the shadier side of what he and his defense lawyers insist is a legitimate business. John Givens, an admitted mobster turned government witness, recently told of how he once sliced off a man's ear and slit another's nostrils to insert lit cigars...
...nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates the Kennedy-McCain bill would raise premiums by about $100 per year. The Frist version would raise them about $60. This appears to be a largely symbolic difference, but lobbyists for HMOs insist that $40 would exclude many Americans from coverage. What are the HMOs really afraid...
...simply wants the Europeans to accept this. But Kyoto is different: The details are already there, and we know exactly what would be expected from the Americans, and it would cost America a considerable chunk of money to comply. So Bush's position remains no Kyoto, and the Europeans insist on going ahead...
...Palestinians essentially want the Mitchell Report proposals implemented as a package, while Tenet is proposing breaking up the steps, adding new requirements and recommending cooling off periods between specific actions. The Palestinians insist that the Israeli blockade of their territories be lifted and a settlement freeze announced at the same time as they take steps to clamp down on violence; Tenet is proposing, in line with Israeli demands, that actions against violence come first. Of these, Arafat has the most problem with the requirement that his administration arrest hundreds of Hamas and Islamic Jihad supporters. His cease-fire call...