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...three television networks, the largest publisher in italy and other media holdings to the American people? My own TV stations are critical of me. I can't blame them. How do you demonstrate your independence? By criticizing your own boss. I believe I was the most hands-off TV owner ever in Italy. Since I entered politics, I haven't made one phone call to my business group...
...traffic lights have just begun to come back on. The enthusiasm Iraqis initially showed the occupiers has largely expired, replaced by disappointment and a growing belief that everyday life was better under Saddam Hussein. "At least we had power and security," says Uday Abdul al-Wahab, 30, a shop owner in Baghdad. "Democracy is not feeding...
...Welsh, who arrived in Iraq in late April, was so alarmed by the thievery that he rounded up a group of Iraqi airport employees to help him clean out the shop and its storage area. He locked everything in two containers and turned them over to the shop's owner. "The man had tears in his eyes when I showed him what we had saved," says Welsh. "He thought he'd lost everything...
...their children, says Erin Clack, market editor of the trade publication Children's Business. Clack says many parents tell her they want to indulge their children by buying them unique and beautiful things. This trend has been a boon to independent specialty stores like the Kangaroo Pouch in Atlanta. Owner Eloise Morris says customers seem particularly drawn to personalized items, like monogrammed hair bows and bibs...
Kilton bought the dress at Pish Posh, a children's boutique in Omaha. Pish Posh owner Angie Bekins opened the store in April of this year after contemplating the idea for 13 years. That she finally did so amid a war and a recession seems to have had few ill effects. Bekins says the store's sales in its first month were "phenomenal," and they have only improved, with June being her "best month ever." T shirts retailing for $20 and dresses for $100 are being snapped up faster than Bekins can reorder them. She says one customer purchased...