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...days, it's going private. Private equity funds are soaring worldwide, particularly in Europe, where the value of buyouts rose by 23% last year to €80 billion, according to the U.K.-based Centre for Management Buy-Out Research, and seems likely to keep rising. Not everyone likes the trend; German officials have likened the firms to "locusts." But U.S. funds alone have trebled their investments in Europe over the past four years. Many of them are currently raising huge war chests for further acquisitions. They include Goldman Sachs, which last month raised a further $8.5 billion, and the Blackstone...
Life Time Fitness, a chain of gyms based in Minneapolis, Minn., that has 39 centers in eight states, is joining the trend. Trainers there have chucked the BMI and now tailor workout regimens to clients according to their aerobic capacity, cardiovascular fitness and more...
Brands like J. Crew and Gap are turning out plenty of board skirts, pajama pants and sarongs, but this summer's blockbuster trend in cover-ups is the tunic, a variation--beaded, embroidered or printed--on the Indian kurta. It's a look that started on high-fashion runways for spring 2005. Designers as diverse as Dolce & Gabbana, Michael Kors and Narciso Rodriguez all showed embroidered tunics inspired by favorite destinations like Santorini or St. Bart...
Savvy shoppers know that you don't have to pay big bucks to get in on the tunic trend. Brands such as H&M, Banana Republic and Liz Claiborne offer stylish versions at affordable prices. But nothing beats the real thing. At Gatsby's, Fink stocks up on Indian kurtas from labels like Royal Sari and Lotta ($39 to $169). She even travels annually to Bali to select her own line of beachwear--printed cotton pants and tunics. "The Balinese have an amazing sense of color and pattern," says Fink. "So when it's too hot to wear jeans...
Jennings said that many people who are initially undecided about stem cell research tend to support it after learning more about its ramifications. He pointed to individual states’ efforts to legalize stem cell research as an example of the trend toward increasing public support...