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...chicken, in which consumers face off with retailers over price to see who blinks first, says AlixPartners' Eshelman. But with inventories significantly lower, the desperate markdowns may never happen. "Retailers are focused much more on profitability than on sales growth," he says. "So I think retailers have a better chance of winning that game of chicken this year than in years past...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Holiday Shopping: This Year It's a Game of Chicken | 11/25/2009 | See Source »

...liquidate assets and fire management when they see fit, so that individuals engaging in risky behavior will “feel the pain.” The next day, Barclays CEO John S. Varley wrote in The Sunday Telegraph that “incentives and compensation must be better aligned to delivery, must take account of risk, and must be paid out over time...

Author: By Diana McKeage, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Study Faults CEO Pay | 11/25/2009 | See Source »

Still, he said that “better corporate governance, more shareholder control is an important thing. That doesn’t necessarily mean less risk-taking, but smarter risk-taking...

Author: By Diana McKeage, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Study Faults CEO Pay | 11/25/2009 | See Source »

...think there’s no question we need to defend better, protect leads,” said Harvard coach Ted Donato ’91. “This wasn’t the first time it’s happened...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Falls to BU in Overtime Thriller | 11/25/2009 | See Source »

...This is a life-changing moment for me,” Brennan said. “At the end of the experience I’d like to be in a better position to help people and know how the best way to do that...

Author: By Stephanie B. Garlock, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Awarded Grants for Traveling | 11/25/2009 | See Source »

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