BRIEFCASE.Byline: Staff and Wire Services Dolls to make fashion debut NORTH HILLS - The Bratz dolls made their name in the toy world Track listing
n. 1. A female fox. 2. A woman regarded as quarrelsome, shrewish, or malicious. [From dialectal alteration of Middle English fixen, from Old English fyxe. dolls, a multibillion dollar brand for manufacturer MGA Entertainment Inc., will make their debut in faux fur, satin and embellished denim as part of the Bratz Couture line announced Wednesday. Designed by Resilience LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , the clothes will make their debut this weekend at the ENK ENK Enkephalin Children's Club trade show in New York city New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. and sell for $40 and up. New car sale hit $102 billion SACRAMENTO - The state's new car sales hit $102 billion last year, the California Motor Car Dealers Association announced Wednesday. According to the organization's annual state economic impact report, dealers employed 149,097 people and spent $10.1 billion on payroll and $791 million on employee benefits. The new car dealers of California are important business and community leaders, and we are proud of our contributions in support of California's prosperity. People rely on our dealer members for jobs, valuable products and services and for assistance in the community and charitable causes,'' said Bert Boeckmann, CMCDA CMCDA California Motor Car Dealers Association chairman and owner of North Hills' Galpin Ford. ``We made charitable contributions in excess of $59 million last year.'' Micron to get memory maker SAN FRANCISCO - Micron Technology Inc. said Wednesday it will acquire flash memory maker Lexar Media Inc. for about $688 million in stock as it tries to leapfrog competitors by moving its products into retail stores. Boise, Idaho-based Micron, which started selling NAND flash memory 14 months ago, said acquiring Lexar will boost its position in the market for the microchips, which are used to store data in cell phones, digital cameras and music players such as Apple Computer Inc.'s iPods. The $10 billion NAND flash market is dominated by Samsung, which account for more than half of that amount, while Micron's share is about 5 percent, said Douglas Freedman, an analyst at American Technology Research. OPEC OPEC: see Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. OPEC in full Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries Multinational organization established in 1960 to coordinate the petroleum production and export policies of its to keep supplies flowing VIENNA, Austria - OPEC said Wednesday it would keep pumping at current levels to ensure adequate supplies as extremists target oil facilities from the Middle East to Nigeria and a confrontation escalates over Iran's suspect nuclear program. Edmund Daukoru, president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), multinational organization (est. 1960, formally constituted 1961) that coordinates petroleum policies and economic aid among oil-producing nations. , said the output quota would remain untouched at 28 million barrels a day. |
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