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Fiske's corporate face-lift fits into a grand plan hatched by Leslie Wexner, the iconic founder and CEO of the Limited Brands, who built the company into a $10 billion retailer largely on the premise that people are willing to pay more for perceived quality. In the 1960s, when middle America bought clothes at department stores, Wexner started a boutiquey chain of shops called the Limited. But now that competitors have flooded the specialty apparel scene and mall fashion has gone commodity, Wexner is changing his game, looking for growth from personal care at Bath & Body Works, from lingerie...
...Picture this: you're riding the longest ski lift in Courchevel, France. The pine trees are heavy with gleaming snow beneath an azure sky. You reach into your pocket to call a friend to brag about the view and?arghhhh!?you drop your ultra-cool mobile phone 15 m below. Don't let this happen to you. Motorola has teamed up with legendary snowboard and apparel producer Burton Snowboards (www.burton.com) to bring you the most stylish in wearable electronics: a series of Bluetooth-enabled jackets with imbedded speakers, microphone and keypad that allow you both to talk on your mobile...
...happy as your saddest child," says Kightley. "If you look at the statistics, the saddest kids in New Zealand are the brown ones. They are at the wrong end of too many indicators. That tells me we need to improve things from the bottom up. Doesn't that lift everyone?" Despite strong job growth, unemployment rates for Maori and Pacific Islanders are way above national averages; one-third of Maori children live in families that rely on welfare. Clark says education and acquiring skills will get them out of poverty. "Labour's always got an Achilles heel around issues such...
...Larger pumping stations then lift the water into open canals...
...some points in the city, water flows to final pumping stations at the edge of Lake Pontchartrain, where pumps lift it over the levee...