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...diamonds and furs on the runway. We get to that basic theme - conspicuous consumption is bad manners. But chic isn't gone. If anything, conservative chic is back, because looking good is often a real part of keeping your job or finding your job. So you may not spend money on Armani suits, but there are lots of people who are much more conscious of looking good. I have a neighbor who was laid off four months ago. I saw him walking out of our building yesterday and I knew he was going out to look for a job. Every...
...mean personnel cuts. Because Apple's success is based on creating new products, improving old ones and aggressive marketing, it will need all the people who work at the company and perhaps more. Apple is one of the few companies in the U.S. prepared to drive product introductions and spend to pick up market share as the recession deepens. Apple believes that it makes the best consumer electronics and PCs in the world and it is not going to let anything get in the way of expanding those franchises. (Read a TIME cover story on the iPhone...
...with the monkeys for 16 years and has gotten to know them well. “It’s a sad moment to think this is the end of a long run,” Hauser said. Hauser is currently working on finding sanctuaries where the tamarins can spend the remainder of their lives. “Some will probably be an upgrade [from William James],” Hauser said, “in Florida or something like that.” —Staff writer Alissa M. D’Gama can be reached...
...writing this in Starbucks. I had to arrive early to fight my way to a counter space between that homeless-looking guy in the bomber jacket and the two TFs who like to grade papers in total, ominous silence over their cappuccinos. To those of you who spend your Saturdays in the airy, mostly sweet-smelling spaces of Lamont Café or the Widener Stacks, never needing to elbow anyone more threatening than a group of Weld freshmen in order to secure yourself a spot: Don’t smirk and fold your arms complacently. This could be you sooner...
There is an old Chinese proverb that says to attract good fortune, spend a new penny on an old friend. On Friday, an old friend is due to come calling in China. Pakistan's President Asif Zardari will make his second visit to China in four months for meetings with senior political and business leaders. A key ally in the U.S.-led "War on Terror," Pakistan - desperate for money and in need of a good friend - has recently found itself beckoning China for rescue. But is China willing to invest its pennies in Pakistan, much less play superhero...