| Florida's Think Partnership Inc., which makes marketing software, is selling its Internet dating business to Mountains West Exploration Inc.The $21 million sale will include Think Partnership's wholly owned online dating unit Cherish Inc. and other direct and indirect subsidiaries that comprise nearly all of the Think Consumer market segment, including Personals Plus Inc. and Vintacom Florida Inc.Think Partnership bought the entities that now comprise Cherish over 30 months for a total of $18.7 ... | Bachelor Jeff Mercado, 24, of North Bergen can attest to the fact that our person-to-person communication skills are not what they used to be. "I once asked a girl where she lived," Mercado mused last week, "and she said, 'a martini.' " In the days before Valetine's Day, local residents revealed that dating in Hudson County has its own rules, trends and tricks. Shakespeare said that the course of true love never did run smooth. But these days, just getting on that path is rough going. Fear of re... | Dramatic rise in Koreans marrying foreigners reflects rapid transition to multiracial society
This article is the sixth of a 10-part series dealing with multiculturalism. - Ed.
By Cho Chung-un
Maybe not love at first sight in the traditional sense, but Kim Hee-sun, a 32-year-old ethnic Vietnamese woman, knew that she had found the right person when she met a Korean man on a "bride-seeking" trip to Vietnam three years ago.
As she had also caught his attention, Kim and her future husba... |