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...buyers' friends--they shrewdly hide flaws in houses and connive to jack up the bids. Hosts Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer help their clients play hardball in negotiating (an operatic conflict the U.S. shows inexplicably ignore). This is probably a cultural difference; the American shows are much sunnier about the market as a benevolent force. Not that Location's buyers and their families are necessarily innocent either. One buyer's sister persuades her not to bid on a prospective house because, we learn, Sis wants the place for herself. Backbiting relatives, subterfuge and money squabbles? Ah, now that feels like...
...China, where there are more than 900 KFC restaurants and at least one new branch opening every other day, the outlook is much sunnier. The mainland now constitutes about 15% of Yum's operating profits ($273 million in the third quarter of 2003) and accounts for approximately 40% of its international business, according to Speiser. And because China's population is about five times that of the U.S., the company figures this is just the corporate equivalent of an appetizer. "There should be tens of thousands of KFCs, Pizza Huts and Taco Bell Grandes here," says...
...figure is rising quickly as tour operators and vacation venues - hard hit by slowdowns in the travel industry - scramble for a bigger share of the bridal business. Wedding planners report that the trend is also catching on in Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium, with couples heading to the sunnier climes of southern Europe to exchange vows. Long-haul locales like the Caribbean or Las Vegas attract plenty of couples, but for larger weddings - 150 guests is about as big as destination weddings get - couples are more likely to remain closer to home. "It's less a case of getting...
...with FAS tightening its purse strings, these dreams may have to be saved for a sunnier financial climate...
...brink of collapse. The health-care system is on the brink of collapse. The schools are literally collapsing. Every war is Vietnam. In reality, it is never, ever midnight, or even twilight, in America, the most hopeful country in all of history. Even Gephardt seems intent on running a sunnier campaign this time...