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Investors are drinking it in. Bill Sweat and his wife Donna Morris quit their day jobs at Fidelity Investments in Boston, and last year moved to Dundee, Ore., where they bought a 20-acre vineyard, now called Winderlea, in a Pinot Noir region. The couple had long been collectors and felt the time was right to jump in. "We come from a business where you make money every day, so we didn't get into this solely because of our passion," Sweat says. "We definitely got into it because we thought we could make some money...
...ultimately lead to economic reforms. And for foreign investors lured by what Devonshire-Ellis calls the "barren romance" of the place, North Korea holds obvious, if modest, attractions: a highly literate workforce with average daily wages that are about half what Chinese earn; abundant mineral resources, including coal, iron ore and gold; a cash-on-the-barrel economy; and virtually no competition. It's not hard to gain a first-mover advantage, after all, if everyone else is standing still...
...group of Nike executives has combined the world's top sporting-goods brand with the world's most beloved gadget, all while cleverly capitalizing on the social-networking craze. Getting to the finish line wasn't any easier for them than it was for me. Nike, based in Beaverton, Ore., had to bring together people across divisions to conceive and create the product, test and retest the Nike Plus shoe to meet the exacting standards of both Nike and Apple, and along the way meld the cooler-than-you-are cultures of two very different companies...
...three, and many believed it deserved Best Picture. That film was Brokeback Mountain. I was surprised that neither it nor The Notebook rated a mention in Luscombe's article, as those films are the two highest-grossing romantic dramas of the past several years. Dean Backus, HILLSBORO, ORE...
...What are your feelings about the Bush Administration's claim that negotiating with our enemies weakens America's power? -Jeff Rogers, Portland, Ore. It's a terrible and tragic and counterproductive policy to avoid communicating with people who disagree with...