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...expect a 20% increase in their bonuses on average. That should keep retailers of luxury goods busy; the other big winners will be companies with well-functioning websites. A poll by online marketing firm TradeDoubler shows that 56% of Europeans say they'll be doing some of their Christmas shopping online this year - and that they'll spend 20% more on the Web than last year. The number who plan to buy half or more of their Christmas gifts online has doubled. But credit cards are out. Four out of five high street shoppers will use cash or debit cards...
...government sentenced him to three years of forced labor for "resisting the authorities and obstructing traffic" during a protest in October 2003. So now Statkevich rises to the dawn sound of reveille, submits to a body search and roll call, then walks for an hour to a damp, cold shop where he repairs radios. This is the only work authorities will allow Statkevich, who holds a Ph.D. in technical sciences, to do. At 6 p.m. he walks back to prison for the night. None of that has cowed Statkevich. He meets a Time correspondent during his lunch break...
...Phoebe's fella on Friends, did you ever feel like the seventh wheel? They couldn't have been more welcoming. It was surreal to sit in the coffee shop. It was also weird being in something people were actually going...
...SHOP AT A SHELTER Local shelters frequently have purebred dogs, like this rescued miniature pinscher, left, and ensure that all animals have had their shots and were checked by a veterinarian...
...hilly, serpentine streets of Fez seem like passages to nowhere. Yet every new turn in the 8th century Moroccan city's crowded alleys leads to surprises: a glimpse of intricate architecture, a stunning historic mosque or the shop of a local artisan peddling his handcrafted wares. After a day just following your nose - and fending off the smiling but insistent merchants - it's rejuvenating to return to a home base that is secluded from the commotion, yet infused with the city's imperial grandeur. Your best chance of finding that is at a riad, one of the converted traditional villas...