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...stock plunge more than a third in a single week, and he was about to address jittery investors. But some jagged hardware on a conference table ripped the pants of his $3,000 Brioni suit--and that wasn't all. As Listwin put his hand to his hip pocket, he found it covered in blood. Now he has those torn pants framed on the wall opposite his desk. THROUGH FAILURE, reads a plaque on the frame, WE LEARN LESSONS IN HUMILITY...
...arrived in Newark, N.J., for his studies in 1985 with just $27 in his pocket, is worth more than $180 million today. UTStarcom, listed on NASDAQ, has a market cap of more than $3 billion and reported $330 million in revenue in the first quarter of 2003; China accounted for about 84% of that revenue. With more than 225 million users, China is the world's largest cell-phone market. Yet there are millions more who would like to use cell phones but can't afford them. "The highest-earning 20% of Chinese are going to buy mobile phones...
...American backpacker rolls his eyes, leans over and sardonically whispers, "This op's run on a need-to-know basis, soldier." My mission?and I had gleefully chosen to accept it?was to go deep under cover in Bangkok's retail jungle with 4,100 baht (about $100) in pocket to reconnoitre Chatuchak Weekend Market in pursuit of vintage threads...
After he had left, Betsy began finding notes hidden all around their Kennebunk condo. He had tucked them in the pocket of her jacket, between the cans of dog food, on the bathroom mirror, under her pillow. She has no idea whether she has found them all, in the months since he has been gone...
...interview with TIME last week, Bremer, dressed in an ensemble befitting a Washington power broker in a war zone--pinstripe suit, red tie, white pocket square, combat boots--was keen to emphasize the coalition's successes but seemed all too aware of growing Iraqi impatience. "Saddam took 35 years to run the place down, and it's not going to take 35 days to fix it. People need to be patient. And I know that's hard when the temperature's 124° and the electricity goes off. But that's the message, and that's the only message there...