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...UNCOMMON GROUNDS Foreigners aren't the only nonlocals to come under Pai's spell since the late 1980s. The hippest spots in town belong to the artsy young Thai bohemians who have fled Bangkok, Chiang Mai and other crowded urban centers in search of a slower-paced and less profit-oriented lifestyle. Opened in 1999 by two disaffected Bangkok advertising execs, All About Coffee must be one of the coolest caf?s in Thailand. None of the large Western coffeehouse chains can compete with its homespun, rustic-wood ambiance, mellow jazz sounds and delightfully personalized service. Not to mention a three...
...have to discuss terms with representatives of various departments of a foreign organization. Little can be done without the help of a law firm that understands the local business customs--like meeting etiquette--that can baffle an American. Just ask Domenikos. During his discussions with NTT, it was not uncommon for the firm's high-ranking executives to nap around the boardroom table, leaving underlings to flesh out the deal's specifics, from the budget to the duration of the contract. Cross-border deals are also riskier. "A deal isn't a deal until money changes hands," Domenikos says...
MADRID—Strolling around Spain, it is not uncommon to overhear jokes like these...
...have a gift for explaining complex subjects to common people," says LaHaye. And in these uncommon times, it's a gift that is increasingly well received...
...uncommon position for Malone, who has a deep distrust of government and counts Ronald Reagan and Dwight Eisenhower among his heroes. But Malone also has a stubborn and patient sense of the value of a deal. So when the German Cartel Office demanded that he spend an extra $1 billion to $2 billion to upgrade the country's aging cable lines and offer cable telephony immediately--instead of gradually, as he had planned--he decided to walk away, as he often has at the last minute. "A very wise man," Liberty Media CEO Robert (Dobb) Bennett said at the recent...