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...however, civic groups fed up with haphazard development petitioned the Supreme Court to enforce the law-and won. But the clean-up campaign could inconvenience customers, disrupt neighborhoods, and put hundreds of thousands of people out of work. One of them is Vijay Sehgal, 47, proprietor of a wristwatch shop that is slated to be closed. "I don't know what I'm going to do," says Sehgal, "and it's not just me. I have eight staff members, all married. We're talking about 30 or 40 people who depend on this store. How will...
...insurers by banning foreign insurance companies from selling to individuals, but that will change under the WTO. The stakes are high: less than 5% of Vietnamese people now have bank accounts or insurance, so the potential market is enormous. In the retail sector, dominant state-owned companies and small-shop owners alike are certain to feel the pinch as foreign chains launch offensives. "It's going to change very quickly," Pincus says. "Big supermarkets, big restaurant chains, big auto-repair shops will come in and offer better service?and customers will flock to them...
Tired of lugging around those clunky, fact-packed travel guides that practically scream, "Look at me! I'm a tourist"? For the discreet visitor who prefers to blend in, there's a new breed of small, specialized and often offbeat urban guides designed to show you how to shop, eat and look like a hip native...
...looking for a monument, an art museum or the best route to the airport, you are out of luck with the eat.shop guides. But if you absolutely must find the best cowboy boots in Austin, Texas, a bait-and-tackle shop with high-design sensibilities in Providence, R.I., a Persian ice cream parlor in Hollywood or Japanese tapas in Brooklyn, N.Y., these compact urban guides may be for you. Each volume focuses on 90 locally owned shops or restaurants in cities from Portland, Ore., to Paris...
Five years on, Digicel has taken Jamaica by storm. Introducing inexpensive rates and phones and improved service, the company signed on more than 100,000 subscribers within 100 days of setting up shop. Today, more than 82% of Jamaica's 2.7 million residents use cell phones, and 70% of them are Digicel customers...