When I realized on Thursday that my 8:00 a.m. flight on Friday had been canceled and I was re-booked on a 5:15 p.m. flight, I finished the meeting I was in, ran upstairs to my hotel room, hopped online and called United.

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His goal was to purchase and re-purpose the former A.P.

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They're hopeful that a new time slot--Fridays at 9 p.m.

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Once we're inside, it instantly becomes clear that P'Trique has a fan club in the land of the double kiss: Fern Mallis, Carlos Souza, Ken Downing -- big names in fashion, bowing to the man in the pink vintage dress.

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While the phone runs BlackBerry 7.0, it uses an exclusive Porsche Design theme and every PIN begins with a P, which makes it easy to identify other high-end users -- just like you're part of a swanky, exclusive club -- and you can BBM your fellow P'9981 buddies while they're finishing up their 18 rounds.

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If you're not familiar, the 'P' in 4P stands for portable -- portable like a suitcase full of bricks.

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We're now in what many in techland are calling a nuclear winter for IPOs (see related story on p. 66).

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"We're very much lower in operating expenses vis-a-vis competitors, " says senior v.p.

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Earlier this month he sent out some 10, 000 postcards to neighborhood residents and businesses, inviting them to an open bar from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. each night that week. ("We're not spending a penny, because we have connections with the liquor companies, " he says.) Next up: a party for all the concierges at Manhattan's major hotels, and after that, a night for all the U.N. ambassadors.

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