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The Business of Mud
The Makers of Ahava Skin Care have the exclusive right to harvest the mud and sea salts from the Dead Sea. Photographs by Ilan Mizrahi / WPN for TIME
Bangkok, The Capital of Gridlock
A megacity tries to unravel the world's worst traffic jams. Photographs by Philip Blenkinsop / NOOR for TIME
Risk and Execution
Media tycoon Jean-Marie Messier talks about dealing with attention in the media, the differences between France and the US and Nicolas Sarkozy
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Call My Lawyer ... in India
Call-center jobs were first; now U.S. companies are looking offshore for their legal work too
germany
New Broom at Siemens
Peter Löscher left the strategy of the scandal-ridden firm untouched. His challenge was the culture
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International Departures
Disillusioned U.S. airline pilots are heading overseas, leaving domestic carriers scrambling
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