Word: orlov
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...some businesses that strategy works. But today's savvy Web consumers want more than just information; they want to buy things at the click of a mouse. "Brochure sites are dead," says Forrester Research Internet analyst Laurie Orlov. "If you want to move product, you have to have some form of e-commerce...
...Single, founder of the House of Single, a high-flying London financial firm renamed Single & Single after Oliver, law degree in hand, is brought aboard by his father. The son's initiation into the family business goes smoothly until the firm takes on some new clients: Yevgeny and Mikhail Orlov, Russian brothers who offer Tiger and his son the chance to reap huge profits, with commensurately generous kickbacks to the Orlovs, by acquiring assets of the crumbling Soviet state...
...think President Clinton has problems with the press? A 65-year-old Russian journalist detonated a carload full of explosives at the gates of the Kremlin late Wednesday. Officials say Ivan Orlov, who survived the attack, is insane. But the incident may simply be the latest symptom of Russia's social unraveling. "He hadn't been paid for months, although that's nothing unusual here," says TIME Moscow correspondent Yuri Zarakhovich. "People are getting desperate, starting to point guns at their bosses to demand their salaries. Orlov's attack won't be the last such case...
...Vladimir Orlov, a deputy director of treasury at Tokobank, the largest cash dealer in Russia, says, "Russians tend to react automatically; they say, 'My neighbor has already exchanged, so I should.' I am sure Russians will literally rush to exchange their 'inferior' old bills as soon as the new bill is introduced to the market." They also worry about counterfeit bills, and that is another reason for racing to acquire the new notes. The fears may be exaggerated, however. While the press reports that one-sixth of the U.S. currency that circulates in Russia is fake, a recent study...
...sharp attack on Gorbachev, Tass commentator Andrei Orlov, known for his independent views, said Lithuania "set the example of lawlessness" with its declaration of independence, but this by no means justifies the use of military force, including tanks, against civilians...