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UNLIKELY TRIUMPH In October—the darkest month in years for the American economy—domestic vehicle sales reached record levels. Ford and GM posted sales increases of more than 30 percent with the help of zero-interest loans. Whether automakers can sustain these sales levels without profit-gobbling incentives
is another question.
MARTHA GOES GLOBAL Impossible to ignore in America, lifestyle guru Martha Stewart is taking on the world. She plans a multimedia assault on Europe, taking her TV program, magazine, and Web presence to Britain, France, and Germany.
FULL-CONTACT FOOTBALL Coopervision, a New York optical company, has announced plans to market nonprescription soft contact lenses imprinted with the logos of NFL teams. The NFL Crazy Lenses won't affect the wearer's vision, the company says, but our guess is they will make the wearer look quite ridiculous to others.
MARTHA GOES GLOBAL Impossible to ignore in America, lifestyle guru Martha Stewart is taking on the world. She plans a multimedia assault on Europe, taking her TV program, magazine, and Web presence to Britain, France, and Germany.
FULL-CONTACT FOOTBALL Coopervision, a New York optical company, has announced plans to market nonprescription soft contact lenses imprinted with the logos of NFL teams. The NFL Crazy Lenses won't affect the wearer's vision, the company says, but our guess is they will make the wearer look quite ridiculous to others.
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