Tea - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2015
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We Have Liftoff

phone, see your bill, and pay in seconds with SplitNGo. No app required. When your workday ends: When it finally gets slow at our pilot restaurant, and we get to head home after busing tables and talking to customers all night. Your morning routine: Grab a View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Rental and Leasing Services; Real Estate

01 Nov 2013
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Selling Crafts with a Story

turned into Brika.com, an online marketplace featuring everything from handmade tea towels and dishes to tote bags and "Mr. T" onesies for baby. Brika, which takes its name from the Spanish word for factory, fabricá (they just loved the... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon; crafts; hobbies; ecommerce; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade; Arts, Entertainment

01 Sep 2024
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Back to School

proper, true chai must be boiled until it is thick and tasty. We boil ours for around 45 minutes,” says Shamil Thakrar (MBA 2001), cofounder of Dishoom, the London-based Indian restaurant brand. “Chai is central to Indian life, and it’s not about being refined. At... View Details

Keywords: April White; illustrations by Josh Cochran

01 Apr 1999
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Spirit at Work

Sikh-founded, $100-million group of service and product companies (including Sun & Son, Inc., a national Lotus Notesbased computer consulting firm specializing in e-commerce; Akal Security Company; and natural food enterprises such as the Yogi View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Sep 2014
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Afghanistan’s Hope and Light

the elders over a cup of tea to explain what you’re doing, he was told. Notify a village two days before beginning tower construction—that way the men can ensure their women will be inside and not visible over compound walls. “Two years... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

15 Nov 2013
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Helping Bright Ideas Shine Again

Africa was to become one of the focal points in Laguë's career and philanthropic activities. He launched his own telecom company, CDR International, there six years later, after Adesemi had been sold. Today, he is an investment partner in Emrok View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

26 Feb 2020
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Phoenix Rising

eight floors up, both for the Acropolis views and for a less buttoned-up vibe. As the November afternoon wears on and daylight fades, the buzz in the lounge heats up. Tea service yields to bar service, and patrons jockey to be heard above... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

14 Mar 2019
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The Merchant of Osaka

plagued with problems, as Oishi explains over a pot of chrysanthemum tea in an apartment building in the western Tokyo suburb of Yoga, where Mediva occupies several units as office space. The government is reducing the number of... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 1999
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Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

For Boston, whose history is better known for its midnight rides and tea parties with attitude, this was, by comparison, a low-key moment. On a slow July day in 1924 in the Hub's financial district, a new investment product was quietly... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Sep 2009
News

Read All About It!

and children. But part of the transition, which continues into our own time, has been political and social. From the Boston Tea Party to the civil rights boycotts, consumers have used their buying power to express dissatisfaction with the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 2006
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India Arrives

chairman of the Tata Group, a $22 billion conglomerate with 93 companies operating in areas as diverse as IT and communications, steel, financial services, hotels, and consumer goods ranging from tea to china to automobiles. “There was... View Details