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...many observers believe this most recent trend of quick triggers has reached laughable levels. "Head coaches may be hearing all this talk about how 'we're all in this together,'" says Jeff Van Gundy, former coach of the New York Knicks and Houston Rockets and now an ABC/ESPN analyst. "In reality, not really. Unless your name is [nine-time title winner] Phil Jackson, [four-time title winner] Gregg Popovich, [21-year Utah Jazz coach] Jerry Sloan or ['08 champ] Doc Rivers, if you lose three games in a row, you're instantly on the hot seat. I really do believe...
...money was cheap. As the room glut deepens, hotel builders are slamming on the brakes - there is a 75% increase in projects being stopped. But demand is falling quickly too. "There's [been] nothing like this in history, in terms of falling demand" says Bjorn Hanson an industry analyst with New York University's hotel school. With the strengthening dollar, hotels are losing the European traveler; slumping corporate profits mean conventions are seeing fewer attendees; and as the job picture worsens, family vacation travel is down...
...Greece and many European countries, the unions, opposition parties, and associations that usually take youth movements under their wing and organize protests in France are too weak and divided to play that role - meaning all the anger and resentment driving protests can surge out of control," warns French political analyst Dominique Reyni...
...generate growth. Many were profitable but distracting, as problems like lack of trust and shoddy search technology continued to ail the auction site, the main revenue driver. "Meg was reluctant to expand things like customer service because it would eat into eBay's margins," says Jeffrey Lindsay, senior analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein...
...both companies because they "have realized that the economic situation and market environment around the world have changed significantly since the agreement was signed." Neither company explained in detail why the discussions on the joint project, which began in 2007, fell apart. But Lin Huaibin, an auto industry analyst at research firm Global Insight in Shanghai, believes both companies brought problems to the partnership. Chery, he says, wasn't ready to produce a car of strong enough quality for the global market, while a struggling Chrysler didn't possess the funds needed to invest in the venture. Chery...