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This change in the habits of American car buyers will not go away as the recession ends. Consumers have learned a too painful lesson. There is nothing attractive enough about anything that is new, whether it is a car, a digital camera or a boat to justify financial anxiety. By...
The youngest workers were the most likely to resort to questionable tactics, the survey found. Nearly 40% of employees from 18 to 34 said they would act dishonestly to save their jobs, a quarter of them would explicitly lie, and 4% would flirt with their boss for an advantage. It...
In many years of visiting Japan, I've learned not to be surprised by the juxtaposition of modernity and tradition, by an embrace of high-technology that coexists with a reverence for an older nation of cherry blossoms, hot springs and snow on maple trees. In an enigmatic way, this...
2. Stick with the Program Early action, however, is just the beginning. Japanese policymakers have learned the hard way that it takes years to leach toxic assets out of a financial system and restore confidence so that consumers shop rather than stash their money in safe-deposit boxes. While domestic...
Yet I'd rather watch Kings than a number of other less daring, more consistent dramas. Why? Because it surprises me and takes chances (like basing a drama on religion without being snarky or saccharine). Because it has ambitions that broadcasters have all but ceded to cable, and sometimes it...