Word: rebuilders
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...16th century and began the unification of Japan. But Higashi notes that it was Nobunaga's successors, Hideyoshi Toyotomi and Ieyesu Tokugawa, who built a stable rule that endured for more than 250 years. "Koizumi was about creative destruction," says Higashi. "But the man who comes afterward needs to rebuild with a lot of care. That's Abe's role." We shall...
...name in many licensing deals and trying to buy it back or close out the licensing agreements. It was 1993 and she had just moved back to New York from Paris where she had lived for a few years, not working in fashion. Now she was hoping to rebuild her business-a venture that seemed misguided at the time. Her name had been so downgraded in the world of fashion and she herself was very removed from the scene. But there was-and still is-a determination about Diane. "See that man over there," she said, pointing to a retailer...
...policy of destabilization. Will Western democracies allow him to continue that work? David Hillel Tel Aviv President George W. Bush, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert have been outmaneuvered by Iran and their Hizballah agents. Hizballah is pumping money into Lebanon to rebuild - and where is the money coming from? Iran, of course. The existing Lebanese government cannot match those sums of money, so who will the Lebanese people vote for when an election is called? Hizballah, naturally. Then Israel will be surrounded by a Hizballah government, a Hamas government, Syria and Iran. Radical...
Howard Lutnick had a daunting road ahead of him after Sept. 11, 2001. The chairman and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, which lost 658 employees in the terrorist attacks, had to manage his grief for his lost coworkers, including his brother, Gary, but at the same time rebuild his company. Lutnick was taking his son to school for his first day of kindergarten when the planes hit the World Trade Center, where Cantor Fitzgerald occupied floors 101 and 103-105 of the North Tower. Since that day, he says he's made it his mission to help the victims' families...
...Mayor Nagin, who has been criticized of late for remarks about the slow progress in rebuilding New York's "hole in the ground", predicts a boom is in the making with $60 billion in construction-related funds about to pour in from federal and state sources, including the Road Home program giving homeowners up to $150,000 to rebuild. Ragan says prices for homes are already up 5% to 10% in July. While Uptown is hot (31 properties sold in July), New Orleans East is not (14)."There are houses never even touched since Katrina out there," says Ragan. "People...