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...asked to imagine they were buying the equally priced products either at a store or online, in private. The results: those imagining themselves buying the backpacks in public were more likely to go for the enviro backpacks, even though they weren't as nice as the luxury models. By contrast, those told to imagine buying in private tended to opt for the nongreen backpack that offered more features. "Status motives," the authors conclude, "led people to forgo luxury only when it could influence one's reputation...
...that his teams will outperform their market indices this fiscal year. According to Mendillo, the portfolio deleveraging process initiated prior to her arrival had been “accelerated” during the course of the financial crisis, leaving HMC with a positive cash situation today—in contrast to the company’s historic negative 5 percent cash reserve. But she says that HMC is now aggressively analyzing ways to carefully reinvest that cash to take advantage of opportunities for significant returns and diversification over the next few years. “The financial crisis has created...
...contrast to the reputation Hammonds has gained over the past year, her full-time predecessor—Benedict H. Gross ’71, who left the deanship in August 2007—was noted for an inclusive leadership style...
...concentrators, only one Economics course in Gen Ed so far was designed specifically for the new curriculum.Like their colleagues in Littauer, according to Smail, historians find Gen Ed’s intellectual structure to be problematic—particularly because the lack of a straightforward historical requirement, in contrast to the Core’s two Historical Study categories. Adam G. Beaver, the History department’s outgoing assistant director of undergraduate studies, says that he finds Gen Ed to be an “inferior, warmed-over version of the Core,” which—while...
...game they just played: "You should have passed the ball to this guy, you should have shot it then." According to various, usually unsourced South Korean press reports since Fujimoto's book came out, Jong Un is said to be "ambitious" and a "take-no-prisoners" type - again, in contrast to his older brothers...