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...considered a pre-game in anticipation of the restaurant’s official Saturday morning debut. But few actually attended the grand opening, raising the question of how the new kid on the block will fare amidst the neighborhood’s notoriously competitive economic environment. Tom Brush, co-owner of Felipe’s Taqueria, an establishment which has made its home in the Square since 2004, said Qdoba’s opening just a few blocks down from his restaurant would have little long-term effect on his business. “I really don?...
...beat out Suez-owned United Water for a $1.5 billion 20-year contract to manage water distribution in Indianapolis, the largest such current contract in the U.S.; United Water already had the contract to run the city's wastewater system. The city had purchased the waterworks from a private owner that was struggling, says Tim Hewitt, president and CEO of Veolia Water Indianapolis. "When we started, there were taste and odor problems, and the previous owner had basically told people to get over it." Veolia couldn't do that since the agreement sets incentives for customer satisfaction--along with everything...
...though, the shelves go on and on and on. And as words, music and now video move to this new environment, the traditional economics of media are under attack. Tellingly, the most valuable media company in the world right now is not Disney or News Corp. or Time Warner (owner of Time) but Google, which helps people find stuff on those endless online shelves...
...that he's more than just a dude hanging out in vintage polyester basketball shorts is that every once in a while, comedy spews out of him in extemporized, perfectly paced paragraphs. Here, for instance, is Ferrell's description of his character in Semi-Pro: "I'm Jackie Moon, owner-coach-player of the Flint Tropics, but I'm also a one-hit-wonder guy. I have a hit song called Love Me Sexy that I sing at every home game. Then I do the player introductions after I sing my song. Then I introduce myself and take my cape...
...Lawyers in cities around Pakistan responded by boycotting court proceedings, and held mass rallies to protest Chaudhry's treatment. Newspapers report that police have taken to searching cars for black suits - surefire proof that the owner is a lawyer and may be up to no good. When the chief justice refused to use an official car sent to take him to a Supreme Court hearing earlier this week and tried to walk to court instead, police forced him into a vehicle as supporters chanted, "Go Musharraf...