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May 8, 2012 2:20 PM

Nell Freudenberger's "The Newlyweds" (Borzoi/Alfred A. Knopf) manages to do the opposite of what many chick-lit books do. Rather than make extraordinary lives seem dull, it makes ordinary ones seem fascinating.

It's the story of Amina Azid, who leaves Bangladesh for Rochester to marry George Stillman.

Continue reading The Passionate Reader: May 8, 2012.

May 4, 2012 6:54 PM

Business

The Lazy Shopper

By Evan Clark- Deputy Editor, Business

The human animal is a wondrous, industrious creature with finely tuned faculties that have been put to work reshaping the world.

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May 1, 2012 10:46 AM

Business

Envelopes Stuffed With Cash

By Evan Clark- Deputy Editor, Business

What message is really being sent by envelopes stuffed with cash?

Wal-Mart, of course, is looking into allegations that it sped up its Mexican expansion with a series of bribes. And Avon has for years been looking into whether its entry into China had some illicit help.

Continue reading Envelopes Stuffed With Cash.

April 19, 2012 9:04 PM

Business

Wal-Mart Domination: A Visual History

By Evan Clark- Deputy Editor, Business

It can be hard to get a handle on Wal-Mart with its 2.1 million workers, 37.2 square miles worth of retail space and $447 billion in revenues.

As the retailer has settled into utter domination and fended off accusations that it unfairly overwhelms main street stores and doesn't treat workers properly, it's been tricky for the company to talk about itself. Wal-Mart has a story to sell to Wall Street, but also has to keep peace with employees and customers.

One small but telling piece of this effort is the cover of its annual report, the evolution of which illustrates the company's move from regional upstart bragging about its growth to global behemoth trying to connect with everybody and only partially succeeding.

Continue reading Wal-Mart Domination: A Visual History.

April 13, 2012 6:29 PM

Letting Go Online

By Evan Clark- Deputy Editor, Business

Fashion's best brand managers are, at their core and in the nicest possible way, control freaks.

Continue reading Letting Go Online.

April 6, 2012 4:02 PM

Business

Will Avon Have a Revlon Moment?

By Evan Clark- Deputy Editor, Business

In deal parlance, the very public letter Coty chairman Bart Becht sent to Avon chief Andrea Jung earlier this week is called a "bear hug." That's because taking a $10 billion takeover offer directly to shareholders is a particularly uncomfortable way for Coty to express its affection.

Continue reading Will Avon Have a Revlon Moment?.

March 30, 2012 2:09 PM

Business

How to Read Your Boss' Paycheck

By Evan Clark- Deputy Editor, Business

For even small shareholders, executive compensation is a big issue -- no matter how much a company's leaders talk about doing right by investors and employees, it matters how the top dogs are motivated and paid.

Continue reading How to Read Your Boss' Paycheck .

March 26, 2012 1:59 PM

Retail

Game On, Li-Ning Suits Up

By Evan Clark- Deputy Editor, Business

For years there have been murmurs, whispers and fears on Seventh Avenue that China was not content to be fashion's manufacturing muscle, that one of the country's powerhouse producers would turn the tide and start exporting its brand to the rest of the world.

Continue reading Game On, Li-Ning Suits Up.

March 16, 2012 12:23 PM

Is Apple a Luxury Retailer?

By Evan Clark- Deputy Editor, Business

Lofty price points? Check.

Continue reading Is Apple a Luxury Retailer? .

March 15, 2012 5:26 PM

Eye

The Passionate Reader: March 15, 2012

By Lorna Koski

Everybody's heard of Henry VIII, but what of his father, Henry VII? The founder of the Tudor dynasty was a usurper who had little claim to the English throne, but proved to be an extremely modern monarch, who found that he could control his people by surveillance and by manipulating markets rather than simply by waging war.

Continue reading The Passionate Reader: March 15, 2012.

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