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...still possible to combat the low-cost threat posed by Wal-Mart and Target. Geoffrey "is potentially a $1.5 billion business," he says. "The Geoffrey stores are flat-out fun--and it's not clear if going to Wal-Mart or Target is fun." So far, the concept seems to be working. Since Geoffrey opened 14 months ago, Wisconsinites appear to have embraced it, showing up in large numbers and steadily boosting sales, the firm says. Maintenance technician Lonnie Roeder, 34, goes twice a week with his daughter Savanna, 4, mainly to play, although on occasion he buys something...
...course, the concept of the IOP funding political protest raises thorny issues. How does a committee decide which protests are legitimate? What mode of action should be condoned? Should the IOP support students who are protesting the war in Iraq but withhold funds from students protesting against the right to have an abortion? Of course, these are difficult questions that require long and complicated deliberations. But just because these are tough questions doesn’t mean we should shy away from them. An obvious first step would be for IOP money to be limited to non-violent protest...
...plans for Hilles are anything more than a half-baked appeasement of a disgruntled student body. I admire that Gross is directly addressing the century-old student center question, but to put it where less than 20 percent of the student population lives contradicts the student center concept. Hilles might be expensive and underutilized as a library, and a new-fangled student center on the top floors might beat Loker in the space and useful facilities fields, but I doubt that the far-away facility would be either cheap to build or overcrowded once in place...
...million to develop, will have a sticker price north of $85,000 when it hits U.S. dealerships in December. VW plans to launch dozens of new models over the next two years, including a new Microbus, smaller SUVs and crossover vehicles, and is considering a sexy convertible, the Concept R, which Pischetsrieder unveiled at the Frankfurt Auto Show in September. VW's new Golf, expected to hit North America in 2005, has received early positive reviews in Europe and should bolster profitability thanks to lower manufacturing costs...
...Lending money to the world's poorest people? With no collateral? You must be out of your mind." That was the typical response Deutsche Bank's Asad Mahmood says he used to get when he tried to sell Wall Street on the concept of expanding microcredit in developing countries as a viable investment rather than charity work. But throw in a projected risk-adjusted return of 14%, and suddenly the Sheratons, ADPs and CalPERS of the world are more willing to consider what has long been the province of venture philanthropists and NGOs. As director of Deutsche Bank's Community...