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...with those consumers in mind that illycaffè, the innovative Italian maker of espresso machines (and the top European exporter of coffee to North America), recently made an audacious claim: Its new Francis Francis X7 would consistently create a "perfect shot of espresso." You can get a machine now for $395 at illyusa.com the X7 will be rolled out to national retailers shortly. I tried the machine for a week and have to concur; it did, indeed, produce perfect shots. Simply, cleanly and with no fuss--complete with a thick layer of crema atop the espresso...
...Despite winning her home tournament in Antwerp in February, Henin failed to go beyond the quarterfinals at any other event. At last week's German Open, she was upset by Dinara Safina in the third round. Although she was injury-free, Henin had pulled out of this week's Italian Open citing fatigue, and the WTA fined her $20,000 for late withdrawal...
EnergySolutions is not the first company to ask permission to bring waste into the U.S. In the past ten years, LLRW shipments have come in from Canada, Ukraine and Germany. The Italian shipment, however, would be several times larger than any that have come in before. EnergySolutions refused to say how much a contract for the Italian waste would be worth, and it's difficult to estimate, given that EnergySolutions would charge by the cubic foot, not by weight, and international rates for LLRW disposal vary widely...
EnergySolutions says there are no alternate sites for the Italian waste, which is why the company will exhaust all possibilities before giving up on its application, which cost $19,600 to file. The company hopes to open landfills for radioactive waste in Europe, profiting from what Creamer hopes will be a massive rollout of new nuclear power plants there and throughout the world. EnergySolutions has significant operations in Britain. About 50% of the company's revenues come from business in the U.K., where it manages 22 nuclear reactors, 18 of which are currently in the decommissioning phase. The waste from...
...million Amount paid in taxes by Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani, who filed one of the largest tax returns that year...