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Starbucks substantially altered its relationship with its employees and the image that its customers had of the company. But, Starbuck's brand has escaped the damage of the layoff of 12,000 employees, relatively unscathed, if the modest drop in traffic is an indication. The lesson is that people will visit a beautiful home even if the owner has evicted his own mother as long as the home is well managed, and the company and cuisine at dinner are excellent...
...Levine, a 2008 Kennedy School graduate.Last spring, he and other alarmed peers mobilized students, faculty, and administrators to address what they say is a distressing discrepancy between the Kennedy School’s mission and its reality.And while last year saw the number of graduates entering the private sector drop to 35 percent, many students say more needs to be done.But while students have sought changes to promote the school’s mission of public services, they say administrators have not taken the issue seriously.“I think good intentions are there,” says Alicia...
...hundred days is a long time, and although the presidential progress report serves as a general gauge for the direction of the country, most administrations don't achieve (or suffer) their greatest milestones until later. The 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Lewinsky scandal, Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb - they all fell outside the 100-day mark. Kennedy's deft handling of the Cuban missile crisis outweighed a number of disasters (Bay of Pigs) and minor setbacks (Russia's first-man-in-space triumph) that marked his first 100 days. And while Nixon's presidency started off smoothly...
...terrorism in the Obama era are no longer clear. "It's very much in flux," says Paul Pillar, a former top agency official who now teaches at Georgetown University. "So much is unresolved - like the various habeas cases involving Gitmo detainees. There are lots of shoes yet to drop...
...Some Singaporeans are more seriously affected, of course, especially in the manufacturing areas of the economy hardest hit by the drop in global trade. Yet, while the city-state (population: 4.84 million) routinely is ranked as one of the world's freest economies, it also has a sturdy social safety net. Kalithas Krishnan lost his job at a Swiss-owned cargo operator at Changi Airport at the end of March. Today he receives a monthly total of $260 in cash and food coupons from the Singapore Indian Development Association, one of several government-funded charities, plus $55 to defray school...