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...through the merger of steel companies in Luxembourg, Spain and France. Corus emerged from the 1999 union of British Steel and Dutch firm Hoogovens. In order for steelmakers to wield sufficient clout, notes Tommy Trask, an analyst at Standard & Poor's, steel "needs to be as consolidated as the iron-ore suppliers or the end customers." Both Mittal and Wilbur Ross, the former investment banker and distressed investment specialist who helped create ISG, envisage a future where steel is dominated by as few as half a dozen multinational companies. "Because of the scale of the transaction," Ross told Time...
...Just as rock 'n' roll helped tear down the Iron Curtain, it can help bring freedom to Burma." JEREMY WOODRUM, founder of U.S. Coalition for Burma, responding to a Burmese ban on For the Lady, a benefit album supporting imprisoned democracy activist Aung...
...days, however, signs advertising rooms by the hour are fighting for space with those touting stylish bars, clubs and cosmopolitan restaurants. And the eclectic mix of styles is a surefire draw. Recently given a welcome face-lift, buildings lining downtown K.L.'s restored heritage rows boast soaring ceilings, wrought-iron balconies and timber balustrades. Some of these 1930s gems-in an Art Deco style adapted for the tropics-also have air wells open to the sky. "People are beginning to realize the past has value," says Lim Huck Chin, a conservation architect. "Going out now has a more human face...
Brad Bird felt that tug of loyalties in the '90s when, as a Disney-trained animator who had helped launch The Simpsons, he was trying to get backing for cartoon features he would direct. Except for The Iron Giant, a critically praised fable that didn't do Lion King business, "I was always getting my films on the runway, but I wasn't getting them off the ground," recalls Bird, sitting in the huge playpen that is Pixar headquarters in the San Francisco suburb of Emeryville. "And I wanted so bad to make movies. I also had a family that...
...Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder Recently given a welcome face-lift, buildings lining downtown K.L.'s restored heritage rows boast soaring ceilings, wrought-iron balconies and timber balustrades. Some of these 1930s gems - in an Art Deco style adapted for the tropics - also have air wells open to the sky. "People are beginning to realize the past has value," says Lim Huck Chin, a conservation architect. "Going out now has a more human face...