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...post in October. Now he aims to duplicate the same feat with LG - lifting a consumer-electronics company little known outside Asia into the stratosphere of global brands with Sony, Panasonic and Samsung. "I want to go down in LG history," says Kim. "After death, a tiger leaves its skin. A man leaves his name." LG seems well on its way. While most of the electronics industry, including Sony, suffered sagging growth and profits in recent years, LG's market presence surged. Revenues jumped 18% last year, to $17 billion, and net profits rose 33%, to $556 million. Last week...
...Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder Her portraits simply drip glamour - the wealthy and celebrated of the day posed for Tamara de Lempicka, and her striking oils capture their red lipstick, perfect nails and skin as glossy as their satin dresses. Some art authorities dismiss De Lempicka (1898-1980), a Polish-Russian painter who flourished in '20s and '30s Paris, as a purveyor of kitsch, and leave her out of their histories of 20th century art. Others see her as an icon whose work captured...
Idioms of play On a recent Saturday morning in New York, I stopped by a basketball court in a park to watch two men work out with a soccer ball. Shirtless with shaved heads and pale skin, they had taken up positions at opposite ends of the court and were playing the ball to one another through the air, crosses whizzed low and hard through the air that nary a touch at the near post would convert into a goal on match day. Thwack, one would take the ball square on his bared chest and then as it landed, fire...
...vast majority of the Chinese who are HIV positive have no such access and must make do with drugs that treat the side effects of the disease?antibiotics for mouth sores and pneumonia, creams for skin lesions. Others rely heavily on traditional Chinese herbal medicines, which have no documented record of success. And even for those who are able to squeeze into one of the small studies supported by foreign aid groups, there is no guarantee of receiving proper follow-up care. "We have heard of places in China where the drugs are delivered but there is no training...
...severe allergy to gluten (a protein found in wheat and other grains), the disease can cause diarrhea, gas, cramping and weight loss--which is why doctors often mistakingly assume it's irritable bowel syndrome. Or it might show up instead as joint pain, or fatigue, or a skin rash...