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...reject the relatively moderate candidate and elect a leader who is hostile to the U.S. and the rest of the West. Anne Barschall Tarrytown, New York, U.S. Oprah's Faux Pas Poor Oprah! She was so peeved over not being able to shop at the Hermès store in Paris after closing hours [July 4-11] that she won't buy anything from Hermès again. Oprah says she will discuss the incident on her show. Give us a break. The shop was closed. How many of us have raced to a store just as the closed sign...
...going to organize employers one store at a time. We have to organize across industries and companies. Look at the airline industry, one of most heavily unionized industries in the country. What you have to do is make wages be like fuel, so that no one competes on labor costs but on service, efficiency and innovation. You could have pooled pensions and health care and even a basic entry-level wage rate for everyone...
Cassius is a Miniature Schnauzer with oversized ears, who joined my household courtesy of the Naughty Pets store in Shanghai. The idea of keeping pets - naughty or otherwise - had long been taboo in the People's Republic of China. During the 1966-76 Cultural Revolution, Chairman Mao's Red Guards killed pet dogs by the tens of thousands, seeing them as symbols of the pampered bourgeoisie his Communist regime was out to eradicate. Even dogs being bred for their meat in southern China were exterminated, and gourmets dissuaded from tasting the rich flesh lest they become infected by class depravity...
...recognizable," says Jason Cremins of the U.K.-based Remote Media, which developed the technology. Beginning in January, European tour operator Thomson took the $28,000 headset around four British cities to help sell vacations in Egypt. Wherever the gadget was trialed, bookings increased ?by up to 32% in one store. "People find it easier to imagine themselves on a holiday the more they know and see about a destination," says Douglas Glenwright of Thomson. More stores and destinations are in the pipeline as headsets become cheaper. "Customers could soon come into our shops to buy a lunchtime virtual holiday," says...
...direction. "People didn't really know what the brand stood for," says Critchell, formerly of Cartier, who took over as CEO of Dunhill in 2001. Last year, after a total image overhaul spearheaded by Yann Debelle de Montby, director of image and communication, the brand's famous Jermyn Street store reopened as a haven for men looking for that quintessentially English accessory. The store also features a traditional barbershop and a series of Dunhill's inventions?one favorite, the "windshield pipe," designed to keep the tobacco lit through wind or rain, ignited the Dunhill reputation that is being rekindled today...