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...Muse, tel: (33-6) 7377 3352, now books about 100 Da Vinci Code tours a month - roughly half the company's business - at $133 per person. "This guy has miraculously gotten people interested in topics that academics haven't been able to for centuries," says McBreen. Brown's Midas touch stretches well beyond the Louvre. Rosslyn Chapel outside Edinburgh welcomed twice as many tourists in July as last year, and predicts its yearly numbers will increase by at least 25%. General Tours, a U.S.-based travel company, is offering an all-inclusive eight-day travel "adventure" this month...
...before he left Cambridge, leaving with guarantees of several futons to crash on should he visit a game weekend this fall. He has spoken with Murphy, captain Ryan Fitzpatrick, as well as members of the tightly-knit offensive line he had hoped to join, and plans to stay in touch with the team throughout the year...
Claim to fame: Known for their Midas touch with companies like Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger (in the 1990s they turned Hilfiger into a $1.8 billion brand), they have set their sights on Michael Kors, buying 85% of his company, with plans to turn it into a $1 billion brand...
...moving to consolidate power, Hu has shown a deft touch. In July, he visited Jiang's power base of Shanghai. Senior officials there had complained that new austerity measures requiring Beijing's approval were deflating the city's boom. A smiling Hu allowed photographers to record him strolling past marshland that Shanghai officials hope to turn into an industrial zone and touring high-profile factories. Shortly after Hu returned to Beijing, the central government approved construction of a long-awaited tunnel-and-bridge project to Chongming Island, and city officials say the second phase of a deepwater port...
Airline security is about to get a lot more touchy-feely, and aviation experts say it's high time. Airport screeners from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) often touch passengers whose belts or bras trigger a metal detector. This is usually done with the back of the hand, but new procedures awaiting approval will allow screeners--with permission--to use their open hand to search a passenger's body as part of a more thorough search for hidden explosives. Security officials tell TIME that the new measures, which may be instituted as early as this week, come in part...