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...Flanking them are three Bradley fighting vehicles. Mitchell, 34, briefs his men that a passing farmer has told a sentry about 10 men sweeping around for an ambush. On his command, the Americans run north through the choking red dust and throw themselves on the ground against a nearby railway track. "Jesus, we can't see s___!" says Carnahan. The squads hold their positions as the Bradleys scan the area with thermal imagers...
...this month announced that the family is withdrawing from management completely. Meanwhile, the family fortune has undergone a massive diversification. Through Edizione Holding, a family-owned company, the Benettons have bought stakes in operations as diverse as Formula One racing, Prince tennis racquets and a firm that refurbishes railway stations. Just last month they paid $7 billion to acquire a majority stake in Autostrade, the company that runs Italy's toll roads. (They already own the firm that runs the roadside restaurants.) Not all of their investments have been profitable: they lost an estimated $400 million on a mobile-telephone...
...Sugihara's 89-year-old widow, Yukiko, is the suit's plaintiff of record, but the case's true motivator is Katsumasa Watanabe, the mastermind behind Japan's burgeoning Sugihara-deification industry. He owns Taisho Shuppan, a small Tokyo publisher that produces books on only two subjects: railway history and Sugihara's heroism. Watanabe says he was "blown away that such a man existed in Japan," after happening upon a TV documentary about Sugihara in 1991. Watanabe immediately sought out Yukiko Sugihara and published her two memoirs along with three biographies of her late husband. These days, Watanabe leads...
...been 16 percent above the national average, and 70 Fortune 500 companies maintain manufacturing operations in the Magnolia State. Forbes magazine recently ranked the Gulf Coast and Jackson as two of the best places to do business in America. The state will provide the central hub of the NAFTA railway corridor, and its first-rate port facilities on three commercial waterways offers economical and efficient access to national and international markets. Mississippi's economic development is based on more than simply gambling and Worldcom. The University of Mississippi may be best remembered for the battle over James Meredith's admission...
...John W. Snow at Treasury is one of the blasts from the past. Former chief executive officer of CSX Corporation, a large railway and shipping company based in Richmond, Va., Snow first joined the government in the Ford administration. Although as a business leader he has stressed the importance of balancing the budget, he has recently begun to tow Bush’s policy line and has almost magically become an outspoken advocate of slashing taxes for corporations and individuals, even if that means running short-term deficits...