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...catering to foreigners and to Japanese who like to hang out with them. The crowd - American bond-traders in Brooks Brothers suits, visiting models, second-rate rock stars, African bouncers, Israeli street vendors, drunken U.S. Marines, Pakistani pimps and assorted polyglot freaks - reinforced the notion of Roppongi as ground zero for Tokyo's gilded, fecund nightlife...
...credits to help subsidize sales of high-mileage hybrid-fuel vehicles, which are still costly to produce. In any case, Ford will begin selling a hybrid-fuel version of its small SUV, the Escape, in 2003. Not to be outdone, General Motors says it will have its fleet of zero-emissions buses on the roads soon. "Two years ago, people couldn't wait to distance themselves from what we were doing," says Ford with a chuckle of satisfaction. "Now they announce that whatever we're doing, they can do better...
...stepped on my right foot and planted my right pole in the snow. Next I went to push with my right pole and step onto my left foot, thus moving myself forward. Instead of the expected motion forward, this reliable method of propelling myself on skis resulted in net zero progress. I've fallen down skiing countless times, I've stumbled, I've crumpled, I've flopped. I've jammed a pole into the snow between my skis and raked it up my crotch. I've explored just about every awkward motion possible while trying to ski, but up till...
...Hold as long as possible. Stock options amount to an interest-free loan to buy stock, with zero downside risk. It doesn't get any better than that. Say you have options with a strike price of $20. The market price is $22. You could exercise to buy at $20 and sell at $22, pocketing $2 before taxes and fees. If you reinvest that $2 in a fund that goes up 10%, you'll make only an additional 20[cents]. But if you hold the option and your company stock goes up 10%, that same $2 more than doubles...
...innovation is as dramatic as Boeing's newest plane design. Just a few short months ago, Boeing went begging for someone to buy its concept of a stretched 747. It landed zero orders, in contrast to 60-plus to date for the A380. Humiliation begat inspiration. "Airbus forced a conversation about, 'Is this really where we want to go?'" says Alan Mulally, head of Boeing's commercial division. The face-saving answer was no. Adds Mulally: "We concluded that the sweet spot is in the midsize range...