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Then there's Vail. Having known about the big upcoming losses, Thain nevertheless went ahead with a previously planned vacation to the Colorado ski resort, where he has a place. You really can't blame the guy - conditions were awesome! Vail and the rest of Colorado got absolutely hammered with snow in December. And if you've ever been in the back bowls at Vail in a foot of fresh powder, you can understand Thain's thinking: Let's see, I can ski in perfect conditions in one of the most beautiful places in America or I can stay...
...model won't be easy. Though consumer spending has remained healthy - retail sales grew 19% in the fourth quarter - economists don't think the average Chinese has a big enough wallet to make up for weak demand overseas. "The reliance on the U.S. consumer as the buyer of last resort is going to have to change," says Michael Buchanan, chief Asia economist at Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong. He says "China has a long way to go in adjusting" to this fundamental change in the world economy...
...Israeli government claims that the military operations in Gaza are a last resort to stop rocket attacks by Hamas and that all alternatives have been investigated. What about this: giving Palestinians a state and a future? It would only cost some land. Do Israelis value land more than hundreds of Palestinians' lives? Being strong does not mean winning wars but achieving peace. Is the Jewish state really as strong as it is depicted? Mohamed Kebaili, PARIS...
Self-publishing has gone from being the last resort of the desperate and talentless to something more like out-of-town tryouts for theater or the farm system in baseball. It's the last ripple of the Web 2.0 vibe finally washing up on publishing's remote shores. After YouTube and Wikipedia, the idea of user-generated content just isn't that freaky anymore...
...television's most famous odd couples appeared on the ABC show Fantasy Island: Herv� Villechaize as Tattoo and Ricardo Montalb�n, 88, as Mr. Roarke--two dream makers at a remote resort in the Pacific. Montalb�n, a champion of Latinos in the entertainment industry, founded the advocacy group Nosotros...