Word: lites
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...BRENT HOBERMAN, CEO of lastminute.com, on networking at the Chelsea Flower Show, an event popular with the U.K. business élite...
...Atlantic. Extensive environmental-impact assessments were carried out before the work got the green light, and oil companies like ExxonMobil have provided compensation and health care to local people whose lives and livelihoods were disrupted. A trust fund designed to give all Chadians--not just a well-connected élite--a share of the profits is another improvement, even though green groups such as Friends of the Earth say the project hurts the environment and exacerbates social problems and human-rights abuses...
...problems, and it's simple. Actually, it's called Real Simple Syndication, or RSS. You start by downloading free software called a newsreader. For PC users, we recommend Bloglines bloglines.com) NewsGator newsgator.com or You yousoftware.com) which plug into Microsoft Outlook. If you're using Mac OS X, try NetNewsWire Lite ranchero.com/netnewswire/) Each of these has a pay version, generally about $30, with more features, but beginners won't need them...
...Joseph Stalin coming back in style? Members of Russia's political élite certainly seem to miss him. Their views received striking expression in a 3,000-word article in the Russian Defense Ministry daily, Krasnaya Zvezda. The author, Marshal Dmitri Yazov, a former Defense Minister who was one of the leaders of the botched 1991 coup against ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, describes the former Soviet dictator not only as "the greatest military leader of all ages and peoples" but as an inspiration for today's Russia. Yazov's article glossed over Stalin's errors - "even geniuses make mistakes...
...Boston operation for $16.5 million. Even Associated, in its push to peddle free papers, seems to be cannibalizing itself. Circulation of its own paid-for London title, the Evening Standard, fell 10.8% in the five months to March. Aiming to prop up circulation, Associated late last year launched Standard Lite, a free, slimmed-down, lunchtime version of the evening title. Sources close to the company say only one-third of Standard Lite's readers are willing to buy the bulkier, paid-for evening version. And Britain's Office of Fair Trading last month ended Associated's exclusive rights to London...