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...renewing contacts with perennial contender Razaleigh Hamzah, the last thing Abdullah needs is to get caught in the middle of a political earthquake. "Mahathir had better make sure that while he's trimming the deadwood he doesn't saw off the branch he's sitting on," says a political analyst in Kuala Lumpur. But, then, Mahathir is the great survivor of Malaysian politics...
...Legal analyst Greta Van Susteren is the host of CNN's The Point...
...refinery profit margins haven't increased handsomely from the supply squeeze. Operating profits have surged this year at refiners like Valero and big oil companies like BP Amoco and ExxonMobil. "Refiners have made a killing over the past 15-to-18 months," says Chris Stavros, an oil-industry analyst at UBS Warburg. Stavros points out that the suppliers aren't gouging; they are simply reaping the benefits of market economics swinging their...
...discovered some new law of physics, this plane will consume more fuel, be heavier and have higher operating costs." But Boeing has a head start. It plans to use the powerful engines it developed for the popular 777. "Boeing already has a track record on the propulsion plan," says analyst Pietro. "The tough part will be the aerodynamics. If Boeing gets that right, it will probably be able to hold the trip costs constant...
...Japanese live in cramped apartments. For them, a PC not only overwhelms the living room, it also offers no privacy. Mobile phones, by contrast, are unobtrusive, as well as being a liberating way (especially for teenagers) to connect with friends outside the family home. I once asked an industry analyst why two of the world's leading mobile-phone companies, Ericsson and Nokia, were Scandinavian. The answer, my source claimed, was the outdoor life; because Swedes and Finns love dashing off to their huts in the deep woods, far from fixed lines, mobile phones were a godsend. Whole nations...