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Talk about your perfect storms! It's the week before Christmas, and Ray Eddy's husband has absconded with the money she was saving for her dream home - a double-wide trailer that seems like a mansion to her. She has a part-time job in a convenience store, the salary from which barely keeps her two kids in popcorn and orange drink, which is all they have for food. And that says nothing about her environment. She lives close to a casinoless Mohawk Indian reservation, near the Canadian border in upstate New York, where the snow is perpetual...
...minute, for example, which keeps down the cost. Safaricom is making a profit, and it's making a difference. Farmers use their cell phones to find the best prices in nearby markets. A number of innovative uses for cell phones are emerging. Already many Kenyans use them to store cash (via a kind of electronic money) and transfer funds. If you have to carry money over long distances - say, from the market back to your home - this kind of innovation makes a huge difference. You're less tempting to rob if you're not holding any cash...
...relocated. Some, like the Yu family, who ran a snack shop north of the Forbidden City, hung on till the very end, wrapping their structure in flags and photos of Chinese leaders in hopes it might stop the wrecking ball. It didn't. Less than 48 hours after the store was demolished to make way for a park, the spot where it stood was a flower...
...English socialite worried about getting shot, oversize paramilitary gear simply won't do. Fortunately, London's superrich can now maintain their security without sacrificing style. On July 14, Miguel Caballero, the world's only producer of "designer bulletproof fashion," started selling his high-security garments at posh London department store Harrods. His new collection includes blazers, raincoats and suede jackets, some replete with a comforting stab-proof lining. Customers get to select from three levels of ballistic protection. For instance, a polo shirt that can withstand a slug from a 9-mm revolver costs roughly $7,500; a version...
...properties. Dubai's Jumeirah Hotel offers an online "boutique" for items such as shaving cream and suntan lotion that you often can't carry on, thanks to increased security: order them before you board and they'll be waiting in your room when you arrive. And repeat guests can store their luggage at certain Peninsula hotels in the U.S. and Asia, with your clothes not only kept secure between visits but pressed and unpacked before your arrival...