Moussy, a boutique located on the fifth floor of the 109 Building in Tokyo’s Shibuya district, is dim, cramped and messy. The austere space communicates antifashion; there is nothing cool about the spartanic sloppiness
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Box Office: Wimpy Kid K.O.s Sucker Punch
The kid who’s wimpy whupped the teen girls whose couture is skimpy. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, second in the film adaptations of Jeff Kinney’s stick-drawn book characters, earned $24.1 million, according to early studio estimates
Does Libya’s Oil Industry Reflect its Fate?
Just two weeks ago, Libya’s oil chief boasted to reporters in Tripoli that the country’s huge energy business could ride out the conflict and quickly recover.
China Dreams
Roughly three decades ago, rising Japan was a national obsession in the U.S. Business gurus like Peter Drucker were declaring Japan “the most extraordinary success story in all economic history,” and the U.S.
Why Iran’s Opposition Movement Complicates Nuclear Talks
After more than five months of going it alone, Iran’s opposition Green Movement is reaching out to the United States for help.
Doing business in North Korea
As the chairwoman of South Korea’s Hyundai group, Jeong-eun Hyun faces business challenges few other executives can imagine. Subsidiary Hyundai Asan has led efforts to build economic ties between the North and South, so Hyun is not only managing a multinational through a recession but also through global tensions over the North’s nuclear program.
Interning from your sofa becomes virtual reality
Technologies that let employees work remotely have given rise to a growing phenomenon — virtual internships. Businesses are realizing that commonplace Internet technologies like email, instant messaging — which can also enable video chats — and social media can be used to free interns from the confines of the office.
Welcome to the University of iTunes
The wisdom of business professors, once only available to MBAs and business students, can now be accessed by anybody with an Internet connection. Hundreds of universities, and a growing number of business schools, are making recordings of lectures, seminars and conferences available to the general public via Web sites such as iTunes and YouTube
Garth Brooks coming out of retirement
Garth Brooks, one of the biggest country stars of all time, said Thursday he was coming out of retirement after nine years away from the music business. Brooks made the announcement at a press conference at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee
Calderon’s Mexico Utility Shutdown: A Bold Reform Move
Economic reform arrived at Mexico’s electrical utility on Saturday night wearing black body armor, crash helmets and ski masks. Flabbergasted workers arriving for early morning shifts on Sunday found thousands of Federal police deployed to enforce a government decree shutting down the company.