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...stars. What they forget, of course, is that serious, carefully nurtured and developed classical stars may not yield immediate pop-size receipts, but can have an international shelf life of decades. Richard Lyttleton, president of classics and jazz for EMI International, points to the example of superstar conductor Simon Rattle: "For 15 years we carried a debit balance on his recordings." During those years management consultants repeatedly told Lyttleton to drop Rattle; Lyttleton had to threaten to resign to protect the conductor. His loyalty and patience paid off; these days Rattle's albums are all but guaranteed to make...
...teacher - who mentioned it to Simon Rattle. Rattle was curious to meet the boy who wanted to conduct Schönberg, and invited him to a rehearsal with his City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. He even let him conduct a bit. Impressed by Harding's knowledge and his confidence, Rattle took Harding on as an assistant and began recommending the young man everywhere. Before long, Harding was plucked from university at 18 by Claudio Abbado, then chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, who wanted Harding to assist him. He made his full debut with the Berliners at 21. Now living...
...Jurgen Harksen, who had lived in the city since 1993, was extradited last year and convicted of fraud. "Perhaps they think we're at the end of the world," ventures a spokesman for Cape Town's mayor. "Little do they know. Our international links are strong." - By Simon Robinson and Peter Hawthorne A Fragile Peace LIBERIA A peace deal signed by government and rebel groups in Liberia lasted just five days as fighting reportedly broke out in Buchanan late last week. The accord, designed to halt almost 15 years of deadly conflict, calls for an interim authority to assume control...
...before. The flip side is that buying phone service has never been more complex--a fact borne out by the rising number of billing complaints, which jumped 65% in the first quarter of 2003 compared with the same quarter last year, according to the Federal Communications Commission. Samuel A. Simon, chairman of the Telecommunications Research and Action Center, a consumer advocacy group based in Washington, believes many consumers are irate because they fall for marketing hype and wind up buying more minutes of service than they need. A recent Yankee Group survey of 2,500 mobile-phone users, for instance...
...alleged JI bombmeister Azahari Husin, played a key role in the attack. "The momentum is still going for JI," says Mick Keelty, head of the Australian Federal Police, which has joined the investigation of the Marriott bombing. "It's almost as though we've woken a sleeping giant." --By Simon Elegant and Jason Tedjasukmana