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PETER JACKSON, Bloxham Stockbrokers analyst, following the second death of a patient taking the drug once hoped to capture the bulk of the $4 billion market for treating multiple sclerosis
...unit will include everything from baby formula to PowerBars. In 2004, four years after Nestlé bought the PowerBar brand, nutrition products brought the company more than $4 billion in global sales. "CEO Peter Brabeck was on a nutrition kick long before it was fashionable," says Prudential analyst John McMillin, "but now there's a greater focus on it." In April, PowerBar is launching Triple Threat, designed to taste better than earlier iterations of the energy bar. It's not alone: since 2003, Nestlé has introduced or improved 700 nutritional products worldwide. Not bad for a candy company...
...recalled as a time of protest, anger, frenetic activity. But movies, always a bit behind the times, were focused back then on inner rebellion, the slouch of regret. It was when anguish got up from the analyst's couch and sidled onto the big screen. You can savor these DVDs for the vicarious angst or for the pleasure of seeing some movie lions in their prime. (Exhibit A: Alain Delon. Rawrr...
...brains for the iPod started shipping a new chip last month that consumes less power--meaning that iPod's bugbear, its mediocre battery life, may soon be banished. Advantage, Apple. "There's a gap between understanding what users want and being able to provide it," says Susan Kevorkian, an analyst at market-research firm International Data Corp. Apple's main edge, she says, is the iPod's sophisticated software and "deceptively simple" user interface...
Intel watchers are also nervous about how much the company is dependent on the rapidly maturing computer market. "They have to look beyond the PC," says Apjit Walia, an analyst with RBC Capital Markets, who points out that Intel has fallen far behind its rivals in putting chips in cell phones and other wireless devices. "They have been talking the talk in communications; they haven't walked the walk." Indeed, Intel's communications division is still losing money, despite a $10 billion investment since 2001. Barrett and Otellini say the division is a work in progress...