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THE HEADLINES The Body Shop's founder, Anita Roddick, steps down

THE TAKE The ex-CEO will now be a consultant to the beauty-treatment chain. The new gig, she told one scribe, will allow her to become more of a tyrant. Sure beats the "pursue other interests" explanation.

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[THE HEADLINES] Dot-com deja vu: a new Internet IPO

[THE TAKE] PayPal released the first consumer Web IPO in 16 months. Shares in the profit-free company soared 55%, to 20 bucks. What does history tell us? The stock will be delisted by the time you read this.

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[THE HEADLINES] Subway passes McDonald's in store count

[THE TAKE] Scoreboard-Fred DeLuca: 13,247 stores. The Golden Arches: 13,099. But will someone please look into the claim that Jared lost 200-plus pounds eating at Subway? Heck, he was a subway!

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[THE HEADLINES] Farewell to the inventor of corporate voice mail

[THE TAKE] Gordon Matthews, who died last month at 65, created the now omnipresent phone service in the 1970s. We'll think of him every time we hear the words "Please press one for more options."

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[THE HEADLINES] Dot-com deja vu, part II: Shatner returns to Priceline.com

[THE TAKE] If Priceline were smart, it would forget about selling plane tickets and focus on what it does best: pumping out TV ads featuring Captain Kirk doing his Lou Reed- meets-Charlton Heston thing.