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...which she meant an official attendance roll. Because the day was Thursday, not Sunday. And the location was not Oakwood Baptist Church, a mile down Texas State Highway 46, but New Braunfels High School, a public school that began offering a Bible-literacy class last fall. The class has its share of conservative Christians. Front-row center sat Rachel Williams, 18, whose mother does teach Sunday school at Oakwood. But not 20 ft. away sat a blond atheist who asked that her name not be used because she hasn't outed herself to her parents. Why take a Bible class...
...side street in the small, leafy university town of Charlottesville, Va., there is an unassuming door with a buzzer next to it marked Oakwood Books. It doesn't look like much--it's next door to a mini-mall--but behind it is an enterprise that earns in the neighborhood of $20 million annually. Its sole asset fits in a comfy chair at a red-leather-covered conference table. The asset is good-natured and at ease with himself. With his smooth Southern accent, listening to him talk is like sniffing bourbon...
...show them 120 years of history, it gives them an enormous level of comfort." Other firms find their own ways to impress, not least with a seductive patina of opulence. A stark, cool modernism pervades Credit Suisse's Singapore office, while the Persian rugs and somber oakwood in Citigroup's office across town convey a reassuring, grandfatherly solidity...
...Warren Buffett, who has planted a cornerstone in the market. Last year Buffett's company, Berkshire Hathaway, spent about $1.7 billion to acquire Clayton Homes, a manufactured-housing company in Tennessee that had sales of $1.2 billion in 2003. This year Clayton, in turn, spent $373 million to acquire Oakwood Homes, which offers a mix of modular and more traditionally manufactured homes. The lower end of the prefab industry is recovering after a wave of defaults resulting from overzealous lending. With interest rates climbing, more customers may now opt for relatively inexpensive manufactured homes. Recently, the damage caused by Hurricane...
When 296 mutinous soldiers tromped out of Makati's Oakwood Premier serviced apartments last week, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo survived her greatest challenge in 19 months in office...