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NAME: OutKast, the "OutKlassed" OCCUPATION: Upstart rappers AGES: 23 (Dre); 24 (Boi) BEST PUNCH: The duo, Dre and Big Boi, say the song (sample lyrics: "Ah ha, hush that fuss/ Everybody move to the back of the bus") is an homage to Parks, and the group's record company is standing by its "right to creative expression...
...technology business. You don't need a team of engineers to build a PC today," says Steven Dukker, CEO of eMachines. These issues have computer executives shuddering as the PC business matures into one in which price trumps brand and profit margins are narrowing. Dukker's company is the upstart leader in the ultracheap market that is suddenly rewriting the business model of the personal-computer industry. It's partly to blame for the recent sell-off of technology stocks that has driven major computer-manufacturer share prices down as much as 40%. (Want to know why we didn...
Last week the ethnic Albanians were the first to see sense. Their upstart army, the K.L.A., had won international confirmation of its meteoric rise to pre-eminent power in the would-be state. By appearing to be willing to give up their arms and dream of independence in exchange for a strong Western umbrella, the Kosovars could show up Serb belligerence. It was smart tactics: if the Serbs refused to go along, the Kosovars wouldn't have to give up anything. So the ethnic Albanians sat down and signed the deal...
...Reilly, Catherine Crier and conservative-liberal duo Sean Hannity and Alan Colmes. MSNBC still draws more viewers around the clock. And CNN leads both by a wide margin. But last Monday, for the first time ever, Fox beat MSNBC in 24-hour ratings--a milestone for Rupert Murdoch's upstart...
Lauren plans to test his mythic chic with several new lines targeted directly at Generations X and Y, that $250 billion demographic of teens and twentysomethings who are increasingly driving the fashion marketplace. There Polo/RL has to fight with Hilfiger, Abercrombie & Fitch and a host of upstart brands. It's a battle in full swing. "Polo's kind of peaked," says Robert Tucker, 21, a bike messenger in New York City; "the thing right now is Pelle Pelle," an urban street-wear label. "Polo's not yesterday's brand at all," counters Nicole DeMers, 15, of Incline Village, Nev. "Certain...