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...selling traditional food instead of bite-size imports like chicken nuggets, Teremok has grown into Russia's fourth largest fast-food chain. Only McDonald's, Rostik's-KFC (a joint venture with Kentucky Fried Chicken) and the pizza chain Sbarro are larger. Teremok anticipates $110 million in revenue this year, up from $63 million last year, and the company may soon expand into the U.S. and Western Europe. Mikhail Goncharov, 37, Teremok's founder, has big plans for the humble pancake. "We think blini could be for Russia what pizza is for the Italians," he says...
...corporate culture leans toward ties or tie-dyes, how we dress at the office has consequences. Bottom line: your appearance can keep you from getting hired--or even get you fired. "Legally, an employer has every right in most cases to regulate how a worker looks," says attorney James McDonald, senior partner at employment law firm Fisher & Phillips. Clothes can also hamstring careers. Barbara Pachter, a top business-etiquette coach, boils it down to fit (avoid too-short skirts or too-tight anything), accessories (particularly footwear), color (when in doubt, go with darks) and style (when in doubt, dress like...
Your report on the Berkshire hathaway shareholders meeting painted a vivid picture of the scene but omitted a vital detail [May 26]. Yes, Benjamin Moore was selling teddy bears for $5, an item ordinarily promotional. But all proceeds from the toy and other items we sold went to Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC). In fact, we raised $10,000 at the Omaha meeting and have added that to our considerable ongoing annual support of RMHC. Denis Abrams, PRESIDENT & CEO Benjamin Moore & Co., MONTVALE...
...should reread the article she wrote for the New Yorker to see her original reasons [May 19]. They do not in any way resemble what she says now. Clinton, she wrote in October 1998, "displays almost every trope of blackness: single-parent household, born poor, working-class, saxophone-playing, McDonald's-and-junk-food-loving boy from Arkansas." Morrison should be more careful with words, since words are her profession. A. K. Barsotti, Las Vegas
...earliest proteges, the singer Aaliyah. She was apparently just 15 years old, but said she was 18; the marriage was annulled. But as Kelly's fame grew, so, too, did word on the street that he liked to prowl suburban shopping malls and even a downtown Chicago McDonald's for young women. Kelly's spokesman, Allan Mayer, told TIME earlier this week: "Look, he used to hang out at the Rock 'N Roll McDonald's - they'd get on his bus with his crew and hang out there. He realizes he can't do that anymore...