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...latest fashions, the casual look of America's prep-school set is chic again. Standard-bearers of the style like Lacoste, maker of the alligator-adorned polo shirt, and Sebago, of Docksides fame, have relaunched their hallmark items with a modern flavor. Retailers like Urban Outfitters, which rode the grunge wave in the past decade, are stocking up on such preppy classics as candy-color ribbon belts and wood-handled Bermuda bags. Isaac Mizrahi showed preppy-inspired outfits, pictured right, from his latest collection last month in New York City?available in the U.S. at Target stores and online...
Empathizing with the drug industry may be tough these days, especially if you just emptied your wallet to pay for your prescription or rode a Greyhound to Canada to buy the same medicine for less. But just for a moment, put yourself in the shoes of pharmaceutical executives who last week attended a conference in Boston on the latest practice to tarnish their trade: the sale and illegal marketing of drugs for "off label" uses not approved by the FDA. "Rarely has a conference been more timely," warned James Dillon, a partner at Foley Hoag, the Boston-based law firm...
...spring and summer fashions, the casual look of the prep-school set is chic again. Standard bearers of the style like Lacoste, maker of the alligator-adorned polo shirt, and Sebago, of Docksides fame, have relaunched their hallmark items with a modern flavor. Retailers like Urban Outfitters, which rode the grunge wave in the past decade, are stocking up on such preppy classics as candy-colored ribbon belts and wood-handled Bermuda bags. Isaac Mizrahi showed preppy-inspired outfits, right, from his latest collection last week in New York City--available at Target stores. Even home-furnishings designers like Jonathan...
...DIED. JOHN G. (JACK) MCCLELLAND, 81, flamboyant Canadian publisher who shepherded the careers of Margaret Atwood, Alice Munro, Mordecai Richler and many others; in Toronto. Known for his publicity stunts, McClelland once donned a toga with author Sylvia Fraser and rode in a chariot to promote her novel The Emperor's Virgin. "I can usually tell if a manuscript is good," he once said, "but I can't tell...
...Nardelli rode out the transitional bumps by defining a strategy and sticking with it: promote higher-end products and services in cleaner, better-organized stores. Nardelli has a laboratory for these ideas in the Home Depot across the street from his 22nd-floor office. (He often drives in on weekends--sometimes on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle.) Floor displays explain big-ticket items like lawn mowers and washing machines. Instead of paint cans lined up on shelves, a "color-solutions center" showcases Home Depot's color-matching technology...