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...Paris, Galeries Lafayette has renovated its food department, Lafayette Gourmet, to include not just Le Chênevert, but also Le Bar Rouge, a sleek bistro with stainless steel communal tables and a blackboard menu offering grilled fish, sausages, salads and hearty soups to a business lunch crowd. Not to be outdone, rival Le Printemps has introduced several new restaurants, including The World Bar, decorated by designer Paul Smith, and Bar 01, which is staying open until 10 p.m. on Thursday evenings hoping to keep young shoppers inside the store. "If there is a good restaurant, customers will stay...
After fasting for eight hours, Stelarc ingested a 15-mm by 5-cm capsule made of titanium, stainless steel, silver and gold. The capsule was tethered to a cable, which was linked to a control box outside his body. The stomach had to be inflated with air before this metallic lozenge slithered its way into Stelarc's abdomen. Once there, the capsule unfurled to its full dimensions of 5 cm by 7 cm and began beeping and emitting flashes of light...
Other small firms are worried that their exports will evaporate. At the Boiler Tube Co. of America, based in Lyman, S.C., steel accounts for about 60% of the cost of its parts for industrial boilers. The company buys most of its steel--including stainless steel and specialized pressure tubing--from overseas suppliers such as Germany's Bentler, and for some alloys the cost is 40% less than for domestically produced steel. Higher steel costs could erode Boiler Tube's exports, which account for about 10% of its $40 million to $50 million in annual revenues, and may encourage foreign suppliers...
...fridge market. A few years ago, Haier noticed that American college students wanted locks on fridge doors and that hotels wanted an auto-defrost feature. The big manufacturers weren't delivering. So Haier did, and added style to the mix, making iceboxes in different colors and producing a sleek stainless steel unit. Haier's fridges aren't the cheapest. But the firm has captured 40% of U.S. sales and forced manufacturers like Sanyo to play catch...
...string of expletive lyrics he just heard, is returning the volley, suggesting a few things band members should do to their mothers. Some 500 fans freeze -- for a beat. Then the DJ spins a record, a guitarist slashes a chord and soon lips, lobes and eyebrows, pierced by stainless steel, glint again from the mosh pit. Wallet chains jangle, tattooed fists pump the air and well-worn skate shoes tamp the Hong Kong Exhibition Center floor. It's Friday night and LMF's 11 band members overflow the stage: three electric guitars, one DJ hovering over two turntables, two standing...