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...words of the immortal Chris Farley: Whoop-de-freakin'-do. Because as far as conflicts of interest go, those analyst portfolios are just the tip of the iceberg...
...Richard Baker, the Louisiana Republican who held Congressional hearings about analyst conflicts last month, commended Merrill for taking the initiative. "Without question, this is a positive development," he said...
...pumped-up Mini debuts July 7 in Britain and cruises into Continental showrooms in September. BMW has high hopes for the ex-cult favorite, now manufactured at a state-of-the-art assembly plant outside Oxford, England. But analysts wonder if the 100,000 to 125,000 Minis that BMW plans to manufacture each year and sell for roughly $14,000 will ultimately justify the $325 million investment the Bavarian carmaker has sunk into the project. "The big question is: Will they ever turn a reasonable profit?" says Jim Collins, automotive analyst at UBS Warburg...
...sportier MG versions of its three Rover models. Moreover, dealer sales are up 8% on a year-to-year basis. "We've no reason not to be confident," says CEO Kevin Howe, a former Rover executive who was recruited back to the company by the new owners. Nonetheless, many analysts are convinced that MG Rover - the latest in a series of automakers to be based at the nearly century-old Longbridge factory outside Birmingham, England - isn't out of the woods yet. "They have created a new company with speed and adroitness," says Garel Rhys, director of the Centre...
...island, and each had to meet a stringent set of environmental standards, such as importing all building materials and providing all water, power and waste disposal. The result was eco-tourism before the term existed. "Eco-tourism is one of those buzzwords," says Moosa Zameer Hassan, a government environmental analyst. "It's really sustainable tourism. But it's all the same in the Maldives: nature-based...