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  • CULTURAL SURVIVAL GUIDE

    Some rules for navigating the foreign waters. Japan     • Maintain a formal, business-like composure in all stages of business dealings and keep in mind rank and status are important. Use a business card to establish your status right from the start.    • Don’t be too direct or do anything to cause your Japanese counterpart to "lose…

  • Free trade: Good for business?

    Area executives voice their views. By: Gwen McNamara    With anxiety running high over United States job losses, free trade is coming under fire in the run up to November’s presidential elections. Many Democrats, including Sen. John Kerry, who has the party’s presidential nomination virtually locked up, are taking a protectionist stance, saying the "outsourcing" of…

  • OBITUARIES, March 23, 2004

    Irving Crespi, Frederick G. P. Seidl, Robert M. Wood, William G. Reddan Jr., Dr. Stanley L. Harrison. Irving Crespi Opinion and market researcher     Irving Crespi of Princeton died Thursday at home. He was 77.    He was a public opinion and market research consultant working many years as executive vice president at the Gallup Organization…

  • Seminars, Meetings and Events

    March 30 Career enhancement In the process of leaving an organization or currently out of work? The Learning Key, Inc., is offering a workshop on how to "Expedite Your Transition and Enhance Your Career Opportunities." Steven P. DeMorro, a Learning Key representative with more than 30 years’ experience helping individuals in career transitions, will lead…

  • One year later, Iraq questions more troubling

    PACKET EDITORIAL, March 23 By: Packet Editorial    One year ago in this space, we offered the following observation about President Bush’s decision to invade Iraq:    "Most of the people we know have very mixed emotions as American forces advance on Iraq. They tend either to support President Bush but suspect he may be wrong about…

  • OPINION: OUTSOURCING

    By Keld Hansen    As a believer in global trade, I am concerned about the current debate over offshore outsourcing, with its protectionist overtones.    Specifically, the politicization of the outsourcing issue (it as an election year, after all) has distracted the public’s attention away from what may be one of the most important issues at hand:…

  • There’s more to movie fare than popcorn

    Francine Segan’s "Movie Menus: Recipes for Perfect Meals with Your Favorite Films" can transform a ho-hum ritual into something special. By: Pat Tanner     Food and movies. Not only do they reflect the cultural zeitgeist better than just about anything you can name, but they also bring us together for good times. So food lovers…

  • SPECIAL ISSUE: Going global

    The risks and rewards of international business. By: Gwen McNamara    The world today is shrinking, as advancements in transportation and communication make it easier than ever to stay connected with the farthest corners of the globe.    And it’s not just large corporations that are taking advantage of the free flow of information and the availability…

  • Seminary honors Dutch leader

       Princeton Theological Seminary presented the sixth annual Abraham Kuyper Prize for Excellence in Reformed Theology and Public Life to Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende of the Netherlands on March 15.    The presentation in the seminary’s Miller Chapel was followed by a lecture by the prime minister on "Solid Values for a Better Future."    Later, Mr.…