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Nonetheless, even with equipment that could have come from an episode of CSI, Europe's art police can recover only a fraction of what goes missing. Italy's Carabinieri Tutela Patrimonio Culturale - considered the world's best art squad - employs nearly 300 officers (versus about 30 in France and six in Britain), along with a pool of informants, undercover agents and experts. It also has the largest database, holding information on 2.6 million missing artworks. Still, the carabinieri's recovery rate is only 10%, at best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spirited Away: Art Thieves Target Europe's Churches | 1/10/2008 | See Source »

...hours (for villagers without regular electricity) and an extra-loud volume for use in noisy markets. The poor need innovative models of financing too. When cement supplier Cemex, based in Monterrey, Mexico, was looking to kick-start sales after Mexico's mid-1990s financial crisis, it founded Patrimonio Hoy, a combination builder's "club" and financing plan that targets homeowners who make less than $5 a day. It recruited 510 promoters to persuade new customers to commit to building additions to their homes. The customers paid Cemex $11.50 a week and received building materials every 10 weeks until the room...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Selling to the Poor | 5/29/2005 | See Source »

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