Word: nike
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...split-toe Nike. Love it. It's all I wear when I wear sneakers. They're really easy to slip off and on; they're very light; they come in great colors; they're the most comfortable sneaker I've ever worn. And they're washable...
Other members of the Forbes 400 would also do quite nicely, based solely on their stockholdings in their companies. Philip Knight, Nike's billionaire founder and chief executive, who turned a sneaker into a household name, could save $14 million or more in taxes. Michael Eisner, ceo of the Walt Disney Co., could shave off $1 million. Still others belong to an elite tax-savings fraternity. Most notably: the five members of the Walton clan of Arkansas, the first family of Wal-Mart Stores, who could pocket $187 million...
...color and density of oatmeal, feebly lit by an orange disc as vague as a watermark. In urban China in the 21st century, this is known as a sunny day. At an outdoor marketplace, a teeming tenement of narrow stalls and alleys, clamoring vendors peddle knockoff Rolex watches and Nike sneakers, pirated videos, severed ducks' heads and trussed pink pigs. Into this tumult strides a 2.13-meter alien from the imperial courts of the U.S. But he is no tourist...
...Nike, for example, announced in an October press release that it would not make public its corporate responsibility report, citing the California Supreme Court’s decision as the reason...
...Nike has also stated in a press release that several news organizations, including ABC, CNN, CBS, the Washington Post, the New York Times, Co. and The Tribune Corporation have urged the Supreme Court to review the decision, primarily because they feel that the current result will, “inhibit the media’s ability to compare both viewpoints in order to ferret out the truth...