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The Culturati Calendar

The events, openings, and exhibitions that business leaders are attending in May.
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Spring Gaming

The April release of Grand Theft Auto IV may finally push the videogame industry out of the holiday box.
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Shop Till You Stop

When the economy sours, even big spenders pare back. What corners of luxury are being cut?
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Taste Makes Waste

London has become a center for eco-conscious dining. Suddenly, it's easy eating green.
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Making Reality Work

The latest addition to a marketing plan? Getting on a show like Project Runway to promote your business.
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Big Game Yentas

Susan Rose and Jennifer Heller are matchmakers, but not for the hoi polloi. Their clients are hard-charging (but lovelorn) executives and professionals who lack the time to go on the prowl.
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A Brand Called C.E.O.

In an era of celebrity business leaders, a new class of experts called executive branders has emerged.
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When Cars Drive Themselves

Your car is increasingly savvy about what's happening around it. How long until it is autopiloting? And what stands in the way?
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The Waiting Game

How to cope when widespread delays hit the air travel system.
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Career Suicide

Stuntman Eric Norris, son of action star Chuck, has been set on fire, thrown from motorcycles, and tossed off buildings more times than he can remember. But he keeps getting back up for more.
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Skin in the Game

Former Est�e Lauder executive Bob Nielsen came out of retirement to advise on and invest in a cosmetics line for new moms that makes the Boob Tube.
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Clever, Effective, and Legal

But, please, do not call them tax shelters. Here are some legal tax-avoidance strategies that work, and can stand up to I.R.S. scrutiny.
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Future Pop

CDs are dead, and Korean impresario Jin-Young Park knows it. American music labels could learn a thing or two from the model he's built in South Korea.
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The Toughest Table in America

The country's hardest-to-get reservation isn't in New York or Los Angeles. Call Talula's Table, in Pennsylvania horse country, to dine in 2009.
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The I.T. Road Show

How C.I.O. Tom Conophy, who has clocked millions of miles in the skies, takes it around the world.
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Banking on Thanks

More and more, retailers are showing their appreciation for customers in an effort to keep them spending.
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Believe the Skype

You no longer need a computer to use eBay's internet phone service-Skype's going mobile.
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Raising the Bottle

Can an Australian wine brand known for its $8 bottles get wine lovers to pay $80 a pop?
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Man of Steel

Steel manufacturing is just plain dirty, no matter how you cut it. But California BIZ Experiences Mike Hart thinks he can make it clean and green-in China of all places.
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Phoning Home

All-you-can-eat mobile service is the best thing to happen to business travelers in years.
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Replacement Value

Tech strategist Arnie Berman tells Duff McDonald how corner-office carnage can lead to big tech stock gains.
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Venture Capital Offenses

Female BIZ Experiencess like ousted Zipcar C.E.O. Robin Chase find they're held to different standards by the male-dominated VC community.
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Gene-Sequencing Warrior

Illumina C.E.O. Jay Flatley is moving fast to outmaneuver rivals in a futuristic industry that stands to make billions of dollars off your DNA.
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Keeping It in the Family

It's clich�, not to mention highly dubious, to say you're leaving your high-powered job to "spend time with your family." But a couple of recent departees insist they really meant it.