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...Verdict: Skim...
...What's more, Primark in recent years has invested in upgrading its outlets so the shop floor looks as hip as the clothes. "Primark has been moving into big stores that look as good as any middle-market retailer," says Maureen Hinton, lead analyst at U.K. retail consultants Verdict Research. "If you can pick up a dress for GBP 15 [$24] in a place that looks as good as any other High Street store, it makes the value even better." Even in hard times, it pays to keep up appearances...
...Though Americans will wake up this morning shocked by the harshness of the verdict, they shouldn't be. This is, sadly, business as usual for the North. The regime in Pyongyang is nothing if not a Mafia state - a family-run dynasty that funds itself in part through a variety of illicit businesses, such as illegal arms sales and counterfeiting U.S. currency. For decades, international kidnapping has been in its playbook. (See pictures of North Korea's secrets and lies at LIFE.com...
...Before this verdict, the Omagh families had failed time and time again in their attempts to bring the perpetrators of Ireland's bloodiest terrorist attack to justice. It wasn't until 2007 that someone finally stood trial in Northern Ireland for the August 1998 attack that killed 29 and injured 250 when a bomb hidden in a stolen car parked on the busy High Street exploded. But the accused, Sean Hoey, was found not guilty of 29 counts of murder and other charges relating to the attack. (See pictures of new hope for Belfast...
...Verdict: Skim...