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Nowadays his daughter Donatella (Doni) Ratti, who became Ratti's president in 1996 and CEO in 2001, has to cope with different problems: namely, casual Friday morphing into every day (i.e., the banishment of the tie, which represents 25% of Ratti's earnings), the weak dollar and, most important, China. "It's become very difficult," says Donatella, 50. "People don't want to pay our prices. They compare them to China's." Such a comparison irks her, since China lacks Ratti's quality, quickness and creativity and isn't interested in small quantities...
...more at home in the booming economies of the Old Country than in the mortgage crisis-crippled markets of the States.WagamamaFor those who traveled to the Continent, it might seem that there’s nothing worse than having to convert prices that seem reasonable in Euros into weak American dollars. Britain makes the conversion easier by reducing it to a simple ratio, but there’s nothing more depressing than having to double amounts that already border on the expensive. The typical poor college student begrudgingly gnaws away for months at stacks of ten-cent ramen noodles; said...
...chiming guitar refrain and the infectious chorus make it the catchiest, most ecstatic tune R.E.M. has produced in the last decade. The album’s primary challenge is overcoming a sense of incompleteness. Many of the songs midway through the record suffer from a strong chorus with weak verses, or vice versa. “Hollow Man,” for instance, initially sounds like the pedestrian piano-driven ballads R.E.M. has produced all too often the last few years. But after a minute, the chorus explodes with drums and Mills’ chanting, and the track vastly improves...
When Microsoft started hunting Yahoo in February, many assumed that the software behemoth would bag the company swiftly and efficiently. Yahoo seemed to be classic weak Web prey, wobbling financially while rival Google continued to dominate the online world. Now, just days after Microsoft's threat to take its modest offer directly to shareholders, Chief Yahoo Jerry Yang is fighting back...
...countryside have been simmering for weeks, and have only recently trickled into Port-au-Prince, where nearly a quarter of the population lives. It's also difficult to know if the protests were organized or spontaneous. If Haiti's history is any example, whenever riots break out its weak security system collapses, giving way to a free-for-all that allows anyone with a vendetta an opportunity to settle scores...