Real Estate Notes
When Marina Shevelev was a schoolgirl in Moscow she sketched houses in her notebooks whenever she was bored. Her husband, Michael Shevelev, also a...
Pacific Partnering? A First-Hand Visit Can Be Well Advised
It’s the distance that frightens us. We may even shift uneasily at the sound of the foreign accent. But what really seems dubious is...
Negotiate Your Way to a Better Life
Some expert somewhere once estimated that 82 percent of life involves some form of negotiation. Whether it’s negotiating with the boss for a pay...
The Pick of the Lists Yields Best Results
It’s not how many you people pitch to — it’s just who should receive your pitches. Electronic data gathering has given the American business...
Chef’s Secret Sauce? Or Frozen Food?
Most chefs — unless they have written cookbooks or they create gourmet delicacies in the dining spots of the elite — remain behind the...
Life in the Fast Lane
Telephone conversation overheard in April by a reporter at a nursing home: “Your mother isn’t there? But the ambulance took her to the emergency...