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...argue that he honestly believed the victim was above the age of consent. The immediate result was that Mr. A walked, but the decision's effect rippled powerfully throughout the country. The Irish edition of the Sun, Britain's leading tabloid, called Ireland a pervert's paradise, and its rival the Mirror warned families to lock up their daughters. The government immediately appealed, and Parliament rushed to replace the defunct law, indeed to raise the age of consent for both genders to 17. Nevertheless, at a moment when much of Western Europe is scandalized over pedophilia, doubts now exist over...
French businessman malamine Koné is talking a very big game. The 34-year-old founder and ceo of sportswearmaker Airness is explaining his goal of boosting his company's 2005 sales of $150 million - mostly in France - to rival global giant Nike's some $14 billion. Sound a touch fanciful? Don't tell Koné. "You know where Puma was five years ago? Deeply troubled," Koné says of the now-thriving German-American sportswear group, whose own sales last year exceeded $2 billion. "And six years ago, Airness scarcely existed. We didn't get this far this fast...
...another, as the Crimson lost out on its chances at a fourth straight national title in Camden with a fourth-place finish on Saturday.The victors? A California crew that surprised everyone, especially the heavily favored Princeton Tigers, who spent much of the last three years molding a boat to rival Harvard’s and was finally expected to come away with a national title this year.California had its day in Camden, and Harvard’s historic run finally came to a close, but not until Harry Parker’s varsity eights...
...Cereality's attempt to crack some Grape-Nuts may have backfired with at least one part of its most loyal customer base--college students. A group from the University of Florida launched a "Cereal Solidarity" campaign last summer on the website freeculture.org criticizing Cereality for bullying rival restaurants with those warning letters. The protests led to an online petition--drawing hundreds of signatures--calling for an end to business-method patents and asking Cereality to withdraw its patent application. Roth says the group is more concerned with ideology than cereal toppings. "Freeculture turned Cereality into a poster child for anti...
...business model online. Amazon's virtual inventory of 3.7 million books dwarfs the typical Barnes & Noble retail store, which carries about 100,000 titles. The vast majority of Amazon's books may sell only a few thousand copies, but the 3.6 million less popular books not carried by its rival account for 25% of Amazon's total book revenues--and that percentage is rising each year...