By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 14 June 2007 The U.S. auto industry is based in Detroit, and auto manufacturing is done in the Midwest and elsewhere. But California, with its endless freeways, is the center of car culture. Mike O'Sullivan reports, it

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By Elena Mikhailova New York City 29 May 2008 One of Russia's most popular fashion designers has opened her first clothing store in the U.S. Teenager Kira Plastinina's designs are already a hit in her homeland and now she is hoping to find success in

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Nation's Capital Nurtures Local Fashion Gennet Purcell has always loved fashion, but it wasnt her career until recently. I was a practicing attorney by trade for almost 13 years, she says. For much of that time, she was also designing and making clot

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Hong Kong aims to be Asia's fashion center, but the Chinese territory has seen a big drop in clothing exports as the global economic crisis drags on. Now, the government is stepping in to stimulate the local fashion industry. Models wear fashions de

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