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...withstand the rigorous scrutiny of the Mather date auction. As a member of the Norwegian Special Forces, he’s just trained that way. And according to his roommate Marc P. Eskenazi ’06-’08, his training can be a perk. “Magnus is like the best friend a guy could have,” he says. “Especially if you need to have someone killed.” But Grimeland isn’t all kill and no play. He is currently raising $100,000 to fund an expedition...
Okay, sure, it’s actually a brick oven for making pizza in...but hey, it’s just as warm. Added perk: unlike an ordinary fireplace, it makes Italian food, so enjoy a slice of their delicious pizza to warm you inside as well...
...from straitlaced Coca-Cola. But with soda sales sagging, the company is showing some new verve, assembling an international team of marketing specialists to create what it hopes will become the shiny embodiment of liquid cool. Coke is introducing a mod series of bottles called M5 to try to perk up its 119-year-old cola while launching some slick new drinks to recharge a business that has been slowly losing momentum...
...club is just a perk...
...Korea is likely to be at least 20% below what the Ministry of Finance and Economy was targeting at the beginning of the year, economists estimate. In Japan, $60 oil for 12 months could shave half a percent off GDP growth in an economy that had recently begun to perk up, according to Reiji Takeishi, a senior fellow at the Fujitsu Research Institute in Tokyo. The oil-price hikes so far, estimates Morgan Stanley economist Andy Xie, mean the Asia-Pacific region is spending 1.2% more of its total GDP on oil imports than it did last year. "There...