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...first job was with one of her father's businesses?a purveyor of industrial fabric for conveyor belts. She went on to build her own business selling modular kitchens before founding MLP. "As an entrepreneur, I identified that our lifestyle is changing," she says. "We're on the upward curve of the retail boom, although the market is still not a mature market. I wanted to start with the right brand to spell Western luxury...
WAGES: Flat ?The median income in the U.S. finally ticked upward in 2005 after declining for five years. That's good news, but only for the top 20% of earners--those making more than about $90,000 a year. Below that, everyone lost ground to inflation Median household income, in thousands...
...lives are getting better. The polite packer helping to direct traffic in our apartment told my husband he had helped move us into our flat three years ago. Back then he was a simple day laborer; now he's a foreman. Many stories in China have a similar upward trajectory. If for nothing else, I would miss China for the promise it holds...
...yellow lightbulbs behind a giant semicircular screen. Then he pumped the room full of mist. During a six-month run that ended in March 2004, Eliasson's make-believe sky drew some 2 million visitors. A lot of them spent long stretches lying on their backs, gazing blissfully upward...
...getting better. The polite packer helping direct traffic in our apartment confided to my husband that he had actually helped move us into our apartment three years ago. Back then, he was a simple day laborer. Now he was a foreman. Many stories in China have a similar upward trajectory. If nothing else, I would miss China for the promise it holds...