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...growing number of entrepreneurs--end-trepreneurs?--are shaking up that model by going directly to consumers. Costco introduced caskets in 2004. Competitive Caskets, a small store in Clifton, N.J., solicits passersby with a bright green awning: 50%--70% OFF; FUNERAL HOMES MUST ACCEPT OUR CASKETS. Bob and Jenny Boots of Eagle Custom Caskets have found their motorcycle-loving niche online. Ernie Wolfe, an art-gallery owner in Los Angeles, markets his Ghanaian-made caskets...
...very happy sitting on the beach earning 5% and just not worrying for a few months," says Tony Proctor, president of money-management firm Proctor Financial. He is raising the money-fund portion of all five of his model portfolios, citing worries over rising oil prices, a slowing economy, the summer stock-market doldrums and soaring tensions in the Middle East...
...What we’re trying to do is bring Internet access to as many people across the city as possible,” Menino said. “We believe this model could be the best way to bridge the so-called ‘Digital Divide...
...PARKS Central Park This comprehensive, interactive guide to one of the world's most famous public spaces offers up-to-date information on 43 different attractions, from the Carousel to the Conservatory Garden, Strawberry Fields to the Swedish Cottage. A model of organization and design, it's a pleasure to navigate...
...Indeed, Raul is also called "the practical Castro," and when and if he does succeed Fidel permanently, many Cuba watchers speculate that he'll actually bring a less confrontational, more reform-minded rule to the communist island. "I think he will try to adopt more of a China economic model, probably continuing much of the harsh political regime but allowing more private enterprise and loosening foreign investment rules," says Latell, a senior researcher at the University of Miami's Cuba Institute and author of the recently published book After Fidel. "And I think he's also going to want better...