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...spent the '70s in this little three-person store in West St. Paul [Best Buy was then called Sound of Music.] We had seven stores. We were losing a lot of money because our strategy wasn't appropriate anymore and the company was having trouble paying its bills. The founder pulls into the store I was managing and I was sure he was coming in to fire me. I had hair then; long hair. Not a lot up top, but I still had long hair. I really looked bad. He walks into the store and asks me to come outside...
...make these services convenient until enough people start using them. One way Washington is trying to encourage widespread use of SmartBikes is by not requiring helmets, let alone providing them. "It's not a good idea to share helmets because you have sanitary issues and sweat issues," says Paul DeMaio, founder of MetroBike, a consulting firm that advises cities on implementing bike-sharing. "byoh, for sure...
...about African-American veterans. Given the hazards of their mission and the virulent racism they endured--McPhatter says he had to execute his mission without giving orders to white troops, even if they were needed--Latty argues that black soldiers warrant more than fleeting inclusion in the film. Christopher Paul Moore, author of a book about black soldiers in World War II, praises Eastwood's rendering of the battle but laments the limited role it accords African Americans. "Without black labor," he says, "we would've seen a much different ending to the war." Adds Latty: "The way America learns...
...Realists now accept that the "comply-or-die" model can actually hurt workers and damage the chances of building lasting partnerships with factories. "We thought monitoring was the answer, but we've learned the hard way that it isn't," Gap's then CEO Paul Pressler conceded in 2005. "Almost no factory is in compliance with our standards." As a result, the goal for many firms is no longer perfection, but more nuanced policies and a gradual raising of standards. Traditionally, Gap pulled out of factories in which it discovered child labor. Two years ago, it revised that policy...
...prices rise, Gwat's earnings are being squeezed. When world oil prices shattered the $100-a-barrel mark on January 2 and settled above that in February, Cameroon faced the same conundrum as the United States and Europe, because it is heavily dependent on imported fuel. President Paul Biya, whose 22-year rule has endured almost unchallenged, passed along the cost of the global increase to his country's drivers. Biya was more careful than some of his Western counterparts, however, in choosing his moment to raise the price at the pump: The announcement, in mid-February, coincided with...