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...brands to rely on craftsmanship and the most extravagant materials to grab their customers' attention. "What's driving our business is the 'Bang, I'll have it' impulse that only occurs if something is special," says Fendi ceo Michael Burke. "It does not occur with the run of the mill." Hence Fendi's new evening bag, a reimagining of last season's big, squashy Spy, so-called because of the secret compartments in the front flap and the handle. For the fall-winter 2005-06 season, Spy can be spotted in a variety of incarnations, each signaling its exclusivity with...
...privatization of the company and dozens of other formerly state-owned firms, many of which were sold off to Kuchma allies over the past six years. Last week, Ukraine's Supreme Court upheld previous decisions to undo the Kryvorizhstal deal; Pinchuk and Akhmetov are appealing. The giant steel mill could just be the first reprivatization. Potentially, some of the largest and most profitable companies in Ukraine could be up for grabs, including two big aluminum plants, and a major mining firm worth as much as $1.5 billion that was sold for just $100 million, also to a consortium linked...
...matter for the courts, which two weeks ago cleared the way for a resale of the popular Dynamo football club. There are bound to be protracted legal challenges to come. Pinchuk and Akhmetov are said to be trying to work out a behind-the-scenes deal for the steel mill, but they have also filed their appeal. Pinchuk's lawyer Serhiy Vlasenko told the daily Kyiv Post last month: "I do not see the legal grounds on which to review [the Kryvorizhstal] sale." Under the circumstances, even Yushchenko's supporters worry that the question of how and whether to reprivatize...
Nowhere is this more evident than on the Blogosphere (the name given to world of people with weblogs, those insanely popular online journals that exist at the intersection of diary, opinion column, and honest journalism). One example particularly close to home is the Apple Computer rumor-mill site “Think Secret,” run by the pseudonymous Nick DePlume, who (it was revealed last month in The Crimson) is none other than Harvard freshman and Crimson editor Nicholas M. Ciarelli ’08. Nick is affiliated with our well-regarded educational institution, and he?...
...were bones buried beneath the building with a blue door? Why were they later mutilated? The rumor mill provided one explanation: ghosts! But is it true? Is Holden Chapel really haunted...