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...Actually, don't answer that--we really don't want to know--and you should probably think twice before telling your therapist. She might diagnose you with fetishism, which is listed along with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in a curious but extremely influential book called the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM for short...
...Mexico, where it is the country's largest retailer. And the company just completed a deal to crack the Japanese market by acquiring 34% of Seiyu, a well-positioned but struggling retailer. But Wal-Mart has stumbled badly in some countries, particularly Germany. "We could write a training manual about our experiences in Germany," Scott says. "We really did more things wrong than right." There, Wal-Mart faces tough competition from well-established chains, especially among grocers. The German managers Wal-Mart brought on board through two mergers resisted American help. "We've been trying to get the Germans culturalized...
...been less than stellar, delaying, perhaps, Wal-Mart's move into the rest of Europe. Wal-Mart reached Europe in 1998 when it bought Germany's Wertkauf. A year later it added Interspar, and then mangled the merger in almost every way possible. "We could write a training manual about our experiences in Germany," Scott says. "We really did more things wrong than right." German consumers love low grocery prices, which would make them the perfect clientele for Wal-Mart, but they, too, experienced culture shock when confronted by Southern hospitality. Germans found Wal-Mart's famous door greeters appalling...
...course, you get what you pay for. In my tests, T-Mobile's camera was too grainy to be of much use indoors or at night. But the process of taking and emailing a photo was relatively simple. I had to peek at the manual only once. And the phone can add a lot of effects--like bubbles and hearts floating in front of the picture--that should make it fun for kids...
...Sanyo SCP-5300 ($399). Here the lens is built in, the screen is relatively crisp, and there's even a small display on the front of the phone where pictures of your friends can appear every time they call you. Alas, you will definitely have to read the manual to figure out how to make that happen...