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...capillary-sized streets, ferrying the wealthy to new clubs and bars like Roppongi's Crystal Lounge, which features crystal-encrusted replicas of Michelangelo's David and the Venus de Milo. Corporate Japan's balance sheet has never been stronger, led by Toyota, which just reported a record $3.5 billion profit for the last three months of 2006. At the end of March, Japan's capital will receive a new crown jewel: the 54-story Tokyo Midtown complex in Roppongi, which will feature another new art museum inside the city's tallest skyscraper, topped by a new Ritz-Carlton hotel...
...university leader faces the additional challenges that accompany the not-for-profit, voluntary nature of a university. The central members of such an institution—the senior faculty—are tenured for life. In the long run, their job security insulates them from motivation by fear, fiat, fist, or fury, and they remain free to move should they become dissatisfied with their leader. A shrewd observer once quipped that the president of the university must be able to “listen charismatically.” This does not mean that the president must always...
...create a phone service that is user-friendly and that people will enjoy using, something that has a function and purpose.” And starting next Wednesday, “Brring!” will offer users the option of donating their accrued earnings to the non-profit “Aid Darfur” campaign. The company will also play messages from the campaign in place of some advertisments. “This is definitely one of the more exciting things about the service we’re offering,” Tanjeloff said. All told, there...
...rejected for $1.50. Get there fast—a book might sell for less from one day to another, depending on how many students try to get rid of their copy on that particular day. Maybe it’s time to pursue other markets—the widest profit margin FM found for “Principles of Economics” was the average selling price of $89 at Half.com, where the book has gone for as much as $195 (net profit $40.05). Just post a listing for your book, and then mail it to your buyer. The final...
...greatest human rights violators in the world, while a country like Sudan has as recently as 2005 served on the UN Commission for Human Rights, it quickly becomes clear that Lady Logic has run away from us. Similarly, while China conducts executions en masse and then makes a profit off the bodies of the deceased, and the world claps its hands in approval, we can rest assured that objectivity lies safely in its grave. Such selective morality, which lacks any and all perspective on who the true enemies of human rights in our world are, is a farce at best...