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...dishes with overpriced Chianti from Bosco's depleted stocks, as no white wine is to be had. Retailers smell a conspiracy. "These are the first steps to reinstate a state monopoly on the alcohol trade," says Vera Nefedova, general manager of Vincroft, a private company that runs a four-supermarket chain in Moscow. The state is set to destroy small businesses, and force others to enlarge, she believes: "It'll be easier to take them under centralized control that way." She may be right. Last summer, Russian President Vladimir Putin endorsed restoring the state monopoly on production and distribution...
...government dirty wars and the social numbness that often accompanies deep fear and unspoken pain. ETA's goal of Basque independence from Spain and France was pursued, from the outset, through selective attacks against police and military forces but became more and more indiscriminate - a bomb in a Barcelona supermarket in 1987 caused 18 deaths. Eventually, the violence threatened a wide swath of Basque society, including businessmen, journalists, judges, professors and artists, among others...
...mates Google Maps with classified-ad giant Craigslist.org to offer an interactive way to look for housing in the U.S. The mashups show where the properties on offer are located, so house hunters are spared the physical effort of pacing out the distance to, say, the nearest park or supermarket. And they'll be able to browse details of house prices and look at photos of the neighborhood...
...mates Google Maps with classified-ad giant Craigslist.org to offer an interactive way to look for housing in the U.S. The mashups show where the properties on offer are located, so house hunters are spared the physical effort of pacing out the distance to, say, the nearest park or supermarket. And they'll be able to browse details of house prices and look at photos of the neighborhood, too. Bikely.com offers a mashup of the best bike routes around the world for cycling enthusiasts. Ibiseye.com, based in Florida, tracks every hurricane that has hit the state since 1851 - a boon...
...American ambitions. But Tesco is pursuing a carefully thought-out plan of attack, which will be executed by Tim Mason, Tesco's marketing director since 1995 and a leading figure in its bull run. Mason was the driving force behind Tesco's hugely successful Clubcard, Britain's first modern supermarket-loyalty card...