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...start. And while some members of the insurgency--whose estimated strength could be higher than 20,000--may be coaxed to come in from the cold, there's little chance that jihadist guerrillas will abandon their goal of fomenting civil war. As if to underscore the point, a group loyal to Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, the most-wanted insurgent in Iraq, released an Internet audio message last week in which al-Zarqawi purportedly vows to wage holy war against the U.S. and its allies in Iraq for years...
...whether the chill in the air represents Hu's genuine convictions or just a tactical effort to burnish his hard-line credentials among political factions that do not completely support him. Before relinquishing the helm, Jiang installed important allies in the Party's bureaucracy who continue to be loyal to him and his powerful Politburo acolyte, Vice President Zeng Qinghong. The Party's General Office, for instance, which controls the daily flow of memos and intelligence, remains in the grip of Jiang appointee Wang Gang. Until Hu maneuvers more of his own people into key political positions, the President must...
Although the endorsement by her sister and prenatal nurses turned Parilla on to Pampers, a few marketing tactics from Procter & Gamble, Pampers' $51 billion parent company, have helped the 21-year-old single mother stay loyal to the brand. Parilla recalls a Pampers television ad she liked, broadcast in both English and Spanish, showing a smiling baby crawling in the diapers. The nurses at Garfield Medical Center in Monterey Park, Calif, gave Parilla free samples of Pampers and other P&G brands like Crest and Tide as she checked out after Fatima's birth (Parilla uses Crest, although she prefers...
...might think Europe has stopped shopping. But that's not the problem; these may not be the best of economic times, but they're far from the worst either. Why are so many venerable stores struggling? The reason is that Europeans are changing the way they shop. Once loyal to a single local store, they are becoming avid, American-style comparison-shoppers, sniffing out bargains and variety from a large number of competitors. Stores like Britain's Tesco (which now pulls in half of British shoppers every month) and ASDA (owned by the world's No. 1 retailer, Wal-Mart...
...show in 1989. Avila says he doesn't know the dollar worth of his wife or their business, Cristina Saralegui Enterprises, though he acknowledges it is in the millions of dollars. "This is a sort of a mom-and-pop business," he says. "We know Hispanics are very brand loyal...