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...million lifeline and signaling that it may sell the division, which has over 5.7 million customers. But who would want it? Firms in Germany, France and the U.K. have serious energy gluts, a relic of frenzied plant building during the heady Enron days. In Britain, where supply now exceeds peak demand by 25-30%, power prices have plunged 40% in the last 18 months and generators routinely spend $63 to produce a unit of energy that sells for $26. One potential buyer for TXU Europe is Germany's E.On, but its U.K. subsidiary has already started shutting down plants. Another...
Parker’s quiet approach encourages the rowers to make themselves better of their own accord. He won’t yell or ride a rower until he gets results, but if his coaching cannot motivate a rower to perform at his peak, little else will...
...include some sort of work space in home plans. Says Atlanta builder David Chatham: "It's really almost a must. It may have started out with people telecommuting, but at least in the Atlanta area, with all the traffic, a lot of people are aiming to miss the peak-traffic times." The newest trend, for people who can afford it, is for each adult to have his or her own home office. Ahron and Sheera Solomont of Brookline, Mass., are sales reps for the same company, yet they have separate home offices. Their computers are networked so they can share...
...Bali, and Jalan Legian is its main drag. Rows of bars, their street fronts open to Bali's warm night air, form a bustling pub crawl route for legions of backpackers, surfers and Australian tourists. And around 11pm, when the bomb exploded, would have been the street's peak hour. Hundreds of revelers and street vendors shilling Balinese handicrafts fill the avenue at night. Sari Club, says a local, was one of the more exclusive: it only admitted Westerners; locals weren't allowed...
...Entering isn’t really a problem, but exiting at peak hours is,” Brainard said. “We’ll ask the staff to use the [east] exit to avoid having huge lines at 5 p.m. or 11 p.m. We do realize that this is going to cause some congestion at the doorway, privileges and circulation...