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When Nestle and CEO Brabeck-Letmathe, 57, get hungry, they crunch on companies. Over the past 20 months, Nestle, based in Vevey, Switzerland, has bought five food entities worth more than $16.5 billion. Aggressive U.S. expansion helped first-half profits rise 79%. Next up: a possible $12 billion joint bid with Cadbury Schweppes for Hershey Foods...
FLEUR DE SEL, FRANCE Long considered the Dom Perignon of salt, it's gathered from the top of ponds on an island in Brittany. It's clean, dry and light, with a nice crunch, no aftertaste and great meltability...
...Payne is suddenly one of those upperclassmen. Transfers like Payne are not necessarily an easy answer to the Ivy recruiting crunch. Players from other programs with Payne’s academic credentials, particularly on the junior college circuit are difficult to find, especially at a time when three percent of Harvard’s transfer applicants receive acceptance letters...
...Republican, Libertarian or Green Party candidates is tantamount to choosing the winner—they should remember Galluccio’s strong legacy of positive contributions to Cambridge. He is the person best equipped to represent them in a legislature that is confronting daunting challenges. As the housing crunch in Massachusetts worsens, as the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System tests will soon leave thousands of students without diplomas and as the economic situation remains difficult, Galluccio’s record shows he has the ability to confront these issues with skill and resolve...
...chair of the city council committee on housing, Galluccio has had hands-on experience dealing with the housing crunch in one of the cities under the greatest strain to maintain its affordability. He has been making a solid effort to combat the effects of gentrification. His approach—focusing city, state and federal resources to help create more units of affordable housing—is a creative strategy to a problem that can often be seen as a parochial concern. At the same time, his demand for accountability by local universities to help house their graduate student populations shows...