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...with reform-minded Coloradans, who started a campaign called Make Your Vote Count and collected more than 134,000 signatures to put 36 on the ballot. Most of the financial backing has come from J. Jorge Klor de Alva, the former president of the University of Phoenix, a for-profit adult-education school. Klor de Alva, who divides his time between Brazil and California, is now CEO of Apollo International, a University of Phoenix offshoot that runs a similar university in Brazil...
...Stefano Gabbana, inspired by a recent trip to Botswana, presented one of their best collections in many seasons, with snakeskin coats and zebra-striped chiffon dresses. They're on a commercial roll; several days later, the company announced in its latest annual report double-digit growth in both profit and sales...
...find the manufacturer's suggested retail price, dealer invoice price and a list of incentives for any car you're interested in. Your starting point in any negotiation should be the invoice price--how much the car cost the dealer. Every penny above that figure is the dealer's profit. SET A TARGET. There is a direct correlation between the price you're aiming to pay and the price you actually pay, explains Laschever. "Men go in hoping to pay less and then end up paying less, not just when they're purchasing a car but in general. Women...
...food program in 1996 to acquire hard currency that could salvage his rock-bottom economy and pay for potential dual-use equipment on the black market. He personally doled out vouchers, which allowed recipients to buy Iraqi oil at a cheap price and then sell it for a quick profit, to foreign officials and companies, notably in France, Russia and China, that were expected to lobby their governments to lift sanctions. His wiles, said the report, had nearly scuttled the embargo...
...length feature film in 4 sec. It's a bumpy road to acceptance for any disruptive entertainment technology, from piano rolls to the VCR. "One thing you can count on in Hollywood is fear of change," says Warren Lieberfarb, the man who launched the DVD. But as Lieberfarb's profit-rich baby continues to prove, consumers are still hungry for faster, easier entertainment--and there's always another fortune waiting to be discovered. With reporting by Jeffrey Ressner/Los Angeles and Eric Roston/Washington