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...That'll take time. Although Soundbuzz is set to become Asia's first regional digital music store, expanding soon into Hong Kong, India and Taiwan, its download numbers are still modest. Meanwhile, Asia's other pioneering online stores, like Max MP3 in Korea and iBiz in Taiwan, remain small and local. Japan, with its $4.16 billion music market and love of all things high-tech, should be an obvious opportunity for online-music sales. A survey by Japan's Nikkei Business Daily found that 47% of respondents would buy music from iTunes if they could. But Sony, the obvious candidate...
With the President and his party drawing all the media attention this week, Kerry's predicament will probably get worse before it can improve, which is why his recent slide, however modest, is so troubling to Democrats. With just two months to go before Election Day in this remarkably tight race, even a slight slip in the polls could prove fatal. --By James Carney/Washington
...their share of embarrassing robberies--in 1911 the Mona Lisa was taken from the Louvre--the greatest problem is small institutions like the Munch Museum or private homes open to the public. Neither can afford elaborate security. Large museums attach alarms to their most valuable canvases, but a modest alarm system can cost $500,000 or more. Some museums are looking into tracking devices that would allow them to follow stolen items once they leave the premises. "But conservators are concerned that if they have to insert something, it might damage the object," says Wilbur Faulk, former head of security...
...issue, the magazine showcased (gasp!) high-waisted jeans, kilts and tweed blazers. Seventeen advised readers to opt for below-the-knee skirts and higher-waisted pants. The look is in full force in stores, with Old Navy pushing Argyle tube tops and ballet flats and H&M stocked with modest blouses that Paris Hilton wouldn't be caught dead in. Even perennially preppy retailers like J. Crew are taking the look a step further with navy schoolboy blazers that have polished brass buttons...
Sometimes prosaic things, objects as modest as toast, can trip distant memories, commemorate struggle and celebrate love. Aprons have that power...