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...Martinez ordered chocolate chip ice cream and said he was pleased with his choice, also calling it “creamy.” “They’ve definitely got a great business strategy,” Martinez said. The shop was crowded all day, according to Emma K. Healy, one of the busy ice cream servers. “I think that the incentive for free ice cream is pretty appealing for anyone, and especially for college students,” Healy said. Healy said the Oreo cake batter was one of the more requested flavors...
...closing minutes of the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations this past February.It’s the latter.And the goal, tallied in the 77th minute of the final on Sunday, February 10, 2008 by Egypt’s immortal Mohamed Aboutrika, sent a country into pandemonium.While the coffee shop turned sports-bar jumped for joy, while the red, white, and black of Egypt’s flag waved from the balconies in the crowded streets of Cairo, I sat and watched. When the final whistle blew, the city erupted. It seemed, I told my friend, that all of Egypt...
...Rookie mistakes, perhaps. Ho admits the company "got a little too greedy" by rushing the opening and by targeting mass-market customers. Crown's managers believed all they'd have to do was set up shop to see a rush of gamblers. But with a growing number of casinos in Macau, success was no longer so automatic. "In an all-out competitive environment, it's really a game of inches," Ho says. "Management didn't adapt for the local market." Unlike in Vegas, where casinos are filled by average Joes pumping coins into slot machines, high rollers account for some...
...have the effect of discouraging less prominent customers. This is how Hirst sees it too. "I hate the way when you walk into a gallery and say you want to buy a Damien Hirst they say: 'Who are you?' I much prefer to be in a shop where you can just...
...Shop around. Different carriers have different areas of expertise, and they price coverage accordingly. If you're a diabetic, you'll probably get a better rate at John Hancock than Genworth; if you've had a stroke, you'll probably get a better deal at MedAmerica than John Hancock. So get bids from at least three carriers, and see if long-term-care insurance makes sense for you. The cost of care is only going to get higher...