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...nearly 40%, to 1,100 so far this year. Chinese-designed PCs were introduced to expand the product line and Bollywood stars hired to pump up the brand. India is also introducing Lenovo's SMS information system, by which distributors send daily sales reports. That allows managers to quickly adjust prices and product mix based on real-time data. Results? Lenovo's India sales jumped 44% in the second quarter of 2006 from the year before, according to IDC. "There was a fundamental shift when we worked with the Chinese team," says Neeraj Sharma, general manager of South Asia...
...line and looking for her husband, "He says he's not here." Graham set his sights on the military early, joining the ROTC in college, and he would have been a pilot were it not for a bad ear and dismal math scores. He had to adjust his plans again when his parents died within two years of each other while he was still in college, leaving him with a 13-year-old sister to provide for. After graduating from law school, he formally adopted her, mostly so that she would be eligible for his military benefits...
Located in a gray house down Linden Street, the Bureau of Study Council (BSC) straddles two purposes: to help students adjust to college work and to counsel students adjusting to college life. Given its dual mission, programs through the BSC can seem like a combination of Positive Psych section and a “How to Live Your Best Life” Oprah segment. But for students looking for understanding adults and a mix of undergraduates and grad students to talk to, the BSC can feel homey. Students needing a tutor can get one through the BSC, but with...
...extensive control over what sections of their profiles and photo albums are visible to others, the site’s core base of college users has generally reacted negatively to past expansions, often creating online groups to voice their disapproval. While the ruckus typically dies down quickly as users adjust, this expansion comes on the heels of Facebook’s most controversial move to date, the launch of News Feeds, which provide minute-by-minute updates of one’s friends’ online actions, including profile updates and group memberships. Just hours after the News Feeds went...
...maybe not. That scenario isn't even remotely likely today. And Kamen, who chairs Segway's board, has been forced to adjust his vision. "We didn't realize that although technology moves very quickly, people's mindset changes very slowly," he says. "People are very cautious, especially when it comes to the big issues...