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...course, Jones acknowledges, there will be pressure to provide a product worth the cover price. The publication is being redesigned and will have heavier paper with more photography and so forth, but it has not announced plans for an investigative team intent on ferreting out the next Madoff. It has, however, hired an information-services company, Paladin Registry, to ensure that the financial advisers who advertise in the magazine are top-notch. One story we know will be in Worth's maiden $20 issue: an excerpt of Jones' $26 book...
...Willett, for one, isn't convinced that glucose-based sweeteners are an attractive option for soda makers. "I don't think any beverage company out there is considering putting pure glucose into their product," he says. "It doesn't have the same level of sweetness...
...France, Citroen and Peugeot are facing financial problems that could get much worse if car sales remain anemic. GM's (GM) Opel unit in Europe needs immediate capital and may be sold at a loss for the No.1 U.S. car company. The Chinese could pick up brands, manufacturing assets, product-development personnel and dealer networks on both sides of the Atlantic...
...whole, however, the auction houses report that shoppers are saving. The deals vary by product, but Crepeau says his customers are paying 25-50% less than they would in the supermarkets. Crepeau has been running monthly grocery auctions for two years; over the past couple of months, attendance has doubled. "We have a lot of laid-off people around here," says Crepeau. "They need ways to save a buck...
...narcotic khat while thumbing GPS phones and grappling hooks. They are not desperate bandits, experts say, rather savvy opportunists in the most lawless corner of the planet. But the pirates have never been the only ones exploiting the vulnerabilities of this troubled failed state - and are, in part, a product of the rest of the world's neglect. (Read "No Surrender to Thugs...