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...Store owner Patrick Carrier said that a declining travel industry over the past four years hurt his business, and that a scaffolding that obstructed his storefront during this past Christmas was the final nail on the coffin...
...cutbacks have hit people like construction company owner Kazuharu Shimogaki hard. Shimogaki's firm peaked in the early 1990s, when sales reached $8 million and he employed 80 people. Now, the company has just 18 on its payroll, and sales have dropped to less than $1 million. A few years ago, Shimogaki, 57, diversified into garbage incineration and a blueberry-farming operation that has yet to turn a profit. Shimogaki inherited his business from his father, but none of his four children is interested in taking it on. "Times are changing," says Shimogaki, with a trace of resignation...
...without working up a lather. Bluetrail, a 1.6-km-long exercise path starting in Bürkliplatz in the Swiss city's business district, was designed to get everyone moving, even men in suits. The trail's blue panels display gentle Tai Chi and qigong-like exercises. Communications agency owner David Güggenbuhl, who worked with Chinese doctors to develop Bluetrail, says, "One requirement was that these exercises could be done in a suit and tie without looking ridiculous." Certainly, nobody snickers when local architect David Marquardt, 38, drops his briefcase and performs a series of slow, graceful movements...
...manager, co-owner, and president of The Garment District, Inc., Christopher Cassell admits that the building, parts of which date back to 1891, is in dire need of rehabilitation...
...tale was simply to underscore Russians' jaundiced view of their own rulers. I was reminded of this joke from my youth by the furor over President Putin's recent acquisition of a unique piece of jewelry. At the Russian president's reception for American tycoons, Robert Kraft, the owner of this year's Super Bowl Champions New England Patriots, showed Putin his 2005 Super Bowl ring. It's a 14-karat, four ounces white-gold piece, studded with 124 diamonds arranged to form the team's logo and the words "World Champions." A lesser ring from a previous Super Bowl...