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...bottom line at a time when she must parry new threats from IBM and Dell. Both have spent the past year bulking up major parts of their businesses, while HP has been on a low-cal diet, trying to restore its flabby enterprises to health. As analyst Bill Shope of J.P. Morgan Chase puts it, "IBM is trying to squeeze HP at the upper end of the market, while Dell is challenging it at the lower end. HP has carved a spot in the middle, but it's not clear if that's where it should...
...from Columbia University. She went to work at Salomon Brothers but soon moved to Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, where she met her husband Gary Appel. In 1994 Krawcheck moved to Bernstein and dived into stock research. She began covering financial-services firms in 1997 and immediately became the most influential analyst in that field. During those years, Krawcheck earned Weill's ire--and respect when she was later proved correct--by dwelling on the pitfalls of Weill's acquisition of Salomon. --By Daniel Kadlec
...term growth strategy. But she is also leading what she calls a cultural revolution, which has cut costs and boosted efficiency and which last year galvanized BT's 5,800 employees to bring in revenues of $2.6 billion--a 65% increase from 2000. According to Whitney Johnson, a telecom analyst at Merrill Lynch, Cico "pushes her managers hard and deploys her capital wisely...
...sheet, many of Hutchison Whampoa's minority shareholders are giving Li the benefit of the doubt, despite the swirling pessimism. Indeed, management conviction seems to be the only thing that matters?and few expect Li to blink. "3G is a long-term investment for them," says Paolo Pescatore, an analyst at research firm IDC. At least until they get a better offer...
...China may be maturing before its time. Less than 15% of the population subscribes to cellular service, which suggests plenty of room for expansion. But carriers have already picked off the low-hanging fruit?nearly half of the residents of the country's wealthy coastal cities have mobile phones, analysts say. Now, China Mobile and China Unicom must fight for customers who, like Cong, are a harder sell. "The demographics are shifting to farmers and laid-off public-sector workers," says Shiv Putcha, an analyst for the Yankee Group, a Boston-based research firm, "none of whom represent ideal target...