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...Hershey isn't going to disappear. The U.S. might be a slow-growth market, but it's the biggest market in the world," says Mogelonsky. "It might be hard for Hershey to compete globally, but I think Hershey will still remain strong...
...precarious recovery it might take only one tremor to knock loose the foundations of this market rally, and in that sense it may well be a house of cards. The fact that insurance against that risk has gotten quite cheap should not lull us into thinking that the risk isn't there...
...1980s. But while the legacy of the segregationist past caused strains, the city never fractured along racial lines. "Atlanta is a city that has been built on black hope and white pragmatism," says Gary Pomerantz, who wrote the Atlanta history Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn. "Race isn't everything in Atlanta, but it is in everything...
...issue isn't weather. It's whether there will be rooms for everybody. The official word is, "FIFA believes there is sufficient quality accommodation in South Africa." But FIFA boss Sepp Blatter has basically ordered organizers to augment the room supply with cruise ships. Tamara Cohen, a South African who is a travel consultant in Charlotte, N.C., says that while FIFA's got all the major hotels and chains booked solid, there are other options, including private homes available for rent, boutique hotels, B&Bs and guesthouses. "This type of accommodation has exploded in South Africa in the past...
That is, once you get there. Airlines have yet to add flights for the World Cup. (It's at least a 15-hour hop from the U.S.) Cohen cautions that travel to Africa isn't like anything else and that World Cup tourists should organize early and deal with reputable agents. Tickets are available through FIFA's second phase of sales, which runs until Nov. 16. U.S. Soccer's Neil Buethe says FIFA is allotting 12% of each stadium's seats to participating teams, and once the American team has qualified, fans should check ussoccer.com for more information. The next...