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...places heavy bets, too. Late last year the company announced it would launch a new plane - the A350, similar to the 7E7. Boeing's argument is that Airbus can make such snap choices because it never faces the kind of market risks that Boeing does. Richard Aboulafia, an aerospace analyst at Virginia-based Teal Group, agrees: "Airbus has the freedom to develop new products whenever it wants, or to discount prices whenever it wants, because its shareholders won't abandon it. Boeing, a fully floated company, has no such luxury." Boeing is trying to spin the A350 as a sign...
...prices up nearly 70% since 2002, however, and a crackdown on tailpipe emissions looming in California, automakers are preparing a blitz of downsized models, from hatchbacks to wagons and minivans; even a pint-size Jeep is in the works. "There's a lot of activity in the segment," says analyst Jeff Schuster of J.D. Power & Associates. He forecasts that small-vehicle sales, far from disappearing, will hold their own, rising from 13.7% of the market today...
...Werner Seifert told TIME. Of course, that's assuming Seifert's bid prevails. He has been playing a hurry-up game, but Furse wants to slow down - and encourage a bidding war that drives up the price. "I'm expecting one," says Olaf Kayser, an analyst at Landesbank Rheinland-Pfalz. "The loser will fall behind and be in a difficult position." Deutsche Börse has offered $9.91 for each L.S.E. share, but that bid was spurned by the L.S.E. Analysts think the eventual price will be at least $11.20, which would drive the total price up to $2.78 billion...
...company, agreed to a $500 million price hike. Ukraine gets more than 75% of its natural gas from Turkmenistan and Russia, and many Ukrainians saw the hand of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who opposed Yushchenko's election, in the sudden price increase. "The empire strikes back," says political analyst Konstantin Bondarenko, "but Putin does it by proxy to show Ukraine its place." The Kremlin had no comment. Yushchenko, who's expected to be sworn in later this month, has also avoided the issue, but he did reiterate his pledge to create a modern free-market economy, even as Ukrainians...
...field advantage throughout the AFC play-offs, the Steelers have their best shot at a Super Bowl title since the Steel Curtain era of the '70s. "This team has grown up this season, meeting every challenge every single week," says former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Ron Jaworski, now an ESPN analyst. "Pittsburgh is the best team in football, without a doubt...