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December 2009

When good service is mission impossible

BY LARA MOSES
As a student I worked the crappy shifts in a retail store. Five to nine pm after classes during the week and weekends, which included one Friday and Saturday shift till 11pm per month. Although this cut heavily into my study time, but more importantly my social life, I still smiled my fakest [...]

Why Botswana is “bailing out” De Beers

BY CHARLES LEMOS
Few companies have controlled an industry as De Beers has controlled the diamond industry. De Beers, established in 1888, is the world’s leading diamond company with unrivalled expertise in the exploration, mining and marketing of diamonds. Effectively, the company’s history is that of the diamond industry. Among the founders of the company was [...]

Death of model, brand rocks fashion world

South Korean model Daul Kim passed away on 19 November. The model who walked the runways for Chanel and Dries Van Noten was found in her Paris apartment by her boyfriend. Vogue is reporting that there may be evidence to suggest the model took her own life. Sources are reporting a suicide note was left [...]

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