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...consolidate and buy up companies with liquidity problems." Constantine Petropoulos, chairman of Petros Petropoulos, a $158 million firm that sells cars, automotive supplies and industrial equipment, also plans to beef up his portfolio. "We will acquire businesses that we wouldn't have ever been able to consider in better times," he says...
Companies that have interests outside Greece are also likely to fare better. Kyriakos Sarantis, CEO of Sarantis, a $363 million consumer-products company, expects revenue to remain flat despite the problems at home, in large part because nearly 60% of his business is in Eastern Europe. "That exposure is helping," he says. Aegean Airlines, which may have to move to short-term leases for some of its fleet, is also looking outward. In the last six months, the carrier added routes to Egypt, Israel and Turkey. Greece's $40 billion shipping industry - the country controls 22% of the world...
...Better Than Barefoot...
...Huggers" [Feb. 1]: Last year, when I bought a pair of Converses to wear as my summer shoes, I made the same discovery Bryan Walsh did. I noticed right away how natural running felt. Walking has never felt better. So if you don't want to run in a pair of rubber foot gloves, you can get the same effect from a pair of good old-fashioned Chuck Taylors...
...song is never finished. I listen to songs that I recorded more than 10 years ago, and I can still hear something I could do differently, something that I could've played better, something that could've been produced better. That's just...