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Nov 18, 2009 | 4:23 am
#121
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To put it in a more FT friendly context -
Isn't it part of the walk between the ANA Tokyo Intercontiental and Roppongi station? An area that's a PITA to cross when you're in a wheelchair or need to push a stroller.
Isn't it part of the walk between the ANA Tokyo Intercontiental and Roppongi station? An area that's a PITA to cross when you're in a wheelchair or need to push a stroller.
Dec 11, 2009 | 12:19 am
#122
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You can confirm that by viewing the picture in its original size.
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BTW, all Wendy's in Japan are going to be closed by the end of the year.
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_...=news_Business
Dec 11, 2009 | 2:26 am
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Wendy's pulled out of the UK nearly a decade ago. The Wendy's in Azabu Juban was the only branch I've been to in years.
Poor employees, what a horrid time of the year to be made redundant. I hope they get decent severance packages
Dec 11, 2009 | 4:55 am
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http://www.zensho.co.jp/en/group/index.html
I would think (but stand to be shouted down
) that they will simply turn the spaces (70+ or so) into another of their chains branches....and if not then transferring the the employees elsewhere in the group.
Dec 11, 2009 | 8:43 am
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Another closing news:
John Lennon Museum Near Tokyo May Close Next Year, Nikkei Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...d=aiafUu._Qq8w
John Lennon Museum Near Tokyo May Close Next Year, Nikkei Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...d=aiafUu._Qq8w
Dec 13, 2009 | 10:39 am
#127
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Dec 13, 2009 | 10:50 am
#128
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Mr. Pickles, are you on LA Times ?
U.S. Mint blocks frequent fliers' scheme to collect easy miles
Quote:
Word spread about the scheme on Internet blogs, such as Flyertalk.com. The Wall Street Journal, which broke the story last week, quoted a frequent flier who identified himself as Mr. Pickles and claimed he bought $800,000 in coins with his credit cards to jack up his rewards point total. He told the Journal that he pulled off the scheme by using several banks and numerous credit cards.
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And on WSJ ?
Miles for Nothing: How the Government Helped Frequent Fliers Make a Mint
U.S. Mint blocks frequent fliers' scheme to collect easy miles
Quote:
Word spread about the scheme on Internet blogs, such as Flyertalk.com. The Wall Street Journal, which broke the story last week, quoted a frequent flier who identified himself as Mr. Pickles and claimed he bought $800,000 in coins with his credit cards to jack up his rewards point total. He told the Journal that he pulled off the scheme by using several banks and numerous credit cards.
/Quote
And on WSJ ?
Miles for Nothing: How the Government Helped Frequent Fliers Make a Mint
Dec 14, 2009 | 6:44 am
#130
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This has been going on since June 2008 and they've only just caught on?
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/milesbuzz-370/ - half a million views for this topic
Years ago there was a promotion for Virgin Cola which gave out free phone cards with 5 minutes worth of calls and I questioned why someone would pay to top their cards up at 50 a time to make calls that were charged at a standard rate of 15pence a minute.
Turns out the calls were being made to mega-premium numbers that cost 1.50 a minute and up. Someone could set up a line, call themselves until the card ran out, pocket the profit, top the card up again and repeat and repeat and repeat.
I'd figured this out less than a week after the promotion went live - I kept on and on telling management what had happened and pushing them to do something.
Nothing - I'm sure they were delighted that they were exceeding their sales
targets.
This went on for months. Eventually Accounts must have finally got the phone bill.
All it took to solve was a short piece of programming that barred any calls made with certain numbers.
The business hit the skids shortly afterwards and was bought by a US company.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/milesbuzz-370/ - half a million views for this topicYears ago there was a promotion for Virgin Cola which gave out free phone cards with 5 minutes worth of calls and I questioned why someone would pay to top their cards up at 50 a time to make calls that were charged at a standard rate of 15pence a minute.
Turns out the calls were being made to mega-premium numbers that cost 1.50 a minute and up. Someone could set up a line, call themselves until the card ran out, pocket the profit, top the card up again and repeat and repeat and repeat.
I'd figured this out less than a week after the promotion went live - I kept on and on telling management what had happened and pushing them to do something.
Nothing - I'm sure they were delighted that they were exceeding their sales
targets.
This went on for months. Eventually Accounts must have finally got the phone bill.
All it took to solve was a short piece of programming that barred any calls made with certain numbers.
The business hit the skids shortly afterwards and was bought by a US company.
Dec 14, 2009 | 2:23 pm
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Japanese television show "Hexagon" visits Barrow, Alaska.
http://www.thearcticsounder.com/arti...ic_and_shivers
http://www.adn.com/3437/v-gallery/st...041213-t3.html
http://www.thearcticsounder.com/arti...ic_and_shivers
http://www.adn.com/3437/v-gallery/st...041213-t3.html
Speedo man, whose real name is Yoshio Kojima and stage name is "Choi Suberi," is one of three comedians from "Hexagon" that formed the musical group Suberaz. In Japan it's common for variety show celebrities to form musical groups and normally the albums, bolstered by the shows that launched them, are enormously popular. But Suberaz's tanked, reaching only 28th on the Japanese billboard chart. And that's what brought us all together at Point Barrow one cloudy afternoon.
As punishment for the poor sales of their CD, the three were sentenced to perform their single at "one of the coldest place in the world" - which, producers thought, sounded like Point Barrow, the peninsula outside Barrow that is the northernmost point of the United States. Choi Suberi, along with bandmates Keisuke Okada, a.k.a "Dada Suberi," and Yoku Hata were presented with a backpack, a canteen of lukewarm water, a used handwarmer and 10,000 yen (about $106) and set forth to Alaska to put on a show.
As punishment for the poor sales of their CD, the three were sentenced to perform their single at "one of the coldest place in the world" - which, producers thought, sounded like Point Barrow, the peninsula outside Barrow that is the northernmost point of the United States. Choi Suberi, along with bandmates Keisuke Okada, a.k.a "Dada Suberi," and Yoku Hata were presented with a backpack, a canteen of lukewarm water, a used handwarmer and 10,000 yen (about $106) and set forth to Alaska to put on a show.
Dec 14, 2009 | 3:50 pm
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Just as Putin rears his head over our state, the Japanese who invaded Alaska mandate more things on me and once I got a good health care being taken over by the personnel board. So we've said all along that and our state fuel tax, and championed reform to end those atrocities in that tolerance also, no one expects us to remind a little maverick from Wasilla that we're going to pull through this...
Dec 14, 2009 | 8:12 pm
#134
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Just as Putin rears his head over our state, the Japanese who invaded Alaska mandate more things on me and once I got a good health care being taken over by the personnel board. So we've said all along that and our state fuel tax, and championed reform to end those atrocities in that tolerance also, no one expects us to remind a little maverick from Wasilla that we're going to pull through this...
Dec 14, 2009 | 11:54 pm
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