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The article focuses on an increase in the number of corporate buyers across the globe, including those at Alcoa Inc. and Sara Lee Corp. who are taking on high profile roles and are becoming involved with consolidating buying across companies and dealing directly with suppliers to win lower prices and better service. The increase has been linked to a surge in outsourcing and globalization which has made companies manage a complex number of supplier relationships.

The article presents information on a logic puzzle called Kakuro invented by James E. Funk, the Canadian building constructor. It was first published in the periodical "Official Crossword Puzzles" in 1950. The puzzle is a game of filling squares that strikes an elemental cord. The puzzle attracts people who love complex number games.

Reports that two officials of the Atlanta, Georgia archdiocese have resigned due to an alleged conflict of interests and shabby living conditions of the church's refugees. Living conditions at the church's refugee facility, Crescent Hills Apartments; Housing code violations cited on the Crescent Hills complex; Number of refugees served by the Atlanta archdiocesan refugee resettlement program.

Reports that Magic Johnson Theaters, a partnership founded by basketball star Magic Johnson, is opening a multi-screen movie theater in a retail and entertainment complex planned for South Jamaica in Queens, New York City. Designation of Mattone Group as the builder of the complex; Number of jobs that will be created by the project; Tax revenues.

Focuses on the amount of money which Salomon Incorporated stands to lose on its lease when the Travelers Group abandons most or all of its space at 7 World Trade Center, and moves its traders and investment bankers to the Travelers Complex. Location of the Travelers Complex; Number of people expected to lose their jobs as a result of the merger with Travelers' Smith Barney investment bank; Amount of space leased by Salomon.