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...France's best and brightest. As of 2005, the school will close its Paris campus for everything but continuing education and concentrate its activities at its Strasbourg headquarters. While the school will still rank students, they will no longer all be bound to the same curriculum - instead they can opt for specializations - and everyone will be expected to intern in a business setting rather than exclusively in government. What's more, Public Service Minister Jean-Paul Delevoye has proposed measures to make it easier for the state to hire bureaucrats from the private sector. Next year, he announced, the government...
...says restaurant consultant Ron Paul. That's why Earl is adding a new mother ship: a Las Vegas resort with 2,567 hotel rooms and a 7,000-seat theater. Much of his $30 million movie-memorabilia collection will be used in the Starwood-run hotel, where guests can opt to sleep on Austin Powers' shagadelic revolving mattress or Sharon Stone's bed from Basic Instinct. ("With ice pick available on request," Earl says...
...main room says, pushing for more house in the rotation. Melvin convinces him to stick with hip hop. At the last minute, a club official raises the price of the case of VIP champagne by $100, so the guys, now all present, opt for a cheaper open bar choice...
Next month, mfafirstfriday will feature the music of the Andy Baer Jazz Ensemble, and the December 5th event will host the Jim Porcella Jazz/Swing Ensemble. Anyone seeking a change from the down-and-dirty Boston bar scene may want to opt for a classier way to start out their nights the first Friday of each month—and lucky singles may even find a new someone to join them for other late-night festivities...
...basis of inflation. Another new offering: corporate bonds from Household Finance that pay interest at a rate pegged to the consumer price index. The bonds, which are riskier than those issued by the government, yielded 4.71% last week. Brokerages like Charles Schwab offer both products. Or you can opt for the original inflation-protected securities, known as TIPS, issued by the U.S. Treasury, or mutual funds that invest in them, such as PIMCO Real Return Fund or Vanguard Inflation-Protected Securities. --By Barbara Kiviat