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...lower-rent arrondissements in search of, first, the Albanian nasties who abducted Kim and ultimately the movers and sheiks who will pay handsomely for the privilege of deflowering her. But to elevate Bryan to preternatural status, all his adversaries must be dim-brained klutzes who can't shoot straight. (He rarely takes on fewer than five at a time.) He also must leave Paris in rubble and his old friendships in shambles. Busting into the home of two such friends, a French police chief and his wife, Bryan shoots the woman in the arm, then threatens to finish...
...brutal time in retail - sales dropped 2.7% in December, the sixth straight month of declines, and 0.1% for 2008, the first annual dip on government records dating back to 1992. It was the worst holiday shopping season in 40 years. Name outlets like Circuit City and Linens 'n Things have gone bankrupt. Who's next? Predicting which companies will go under is a notoriously tricky business, and we won't try that. But here are five struggling retailers whose futures are definitely cloudy, with a look at how they hope to survive. (See the top 10 financial collapses...
...spiced them up into rendang. But the U.S. competitors, 28-year-old Timothy Hollingsworth and his assistant, Adina Guest, braised the meat until it was silky, set it on a tiny round of baby turnip, and topped it with a floret of broccolini. Smuggled through customs, the vegetables came straight from the garden of the famed French Laundry restaurant in Napa, California, where the two chefs work, and gave the presentation a delicious, locally grown flavor that could only be American. Sadly, in a context where extravagance and adherence to the rules of classical cooking take precedence, that might have...
When an organization is properly aligned, its parts move in sync to achieve results. There is a straight line of sight that goes from the organization's strategy to its customers. Scarce human, financial and capital resources are deployed along that line of sight, so value gets created and added quickly, consistently and cost effectively. This makes the aligned organization fiercely competitive and an ultimate high-performance entity. And you cannot have an aligned organization without aligned teams. For an organization to raise its level of performance, every team, on every level, must be a great team. That...
...have ever read. His analyses of the problems, the opportunities, the pitfalls and the inevitable lining up at the feeding trough are all spot-on. I especially liked the admonition to give the money to the people who can't afford to save it. That money will go straight to the free market--even though my wife and I will most likely save anything we get. Paul Bliss, SAN DIEGO...