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...current strength is its sales growth overseas, particularly in Latin America and emerging markets. Its operating income in Latin America rose 30% in the third quarter, and sales are up 17% in China and 18% in India. Sales fell 2% in North America, while Pepsi's took a 4% drop. Sales of Coke's noncarbonated drinks flattened out last quarter, but Pepsi's sank 5%. (See pictures of the global financial crisis...
...exactly 10 a.m. tomorrow, about 5 million people in Southern California will drop to the ground, take cover under a sturdy piece of furniture and hold on at the same time. Radio stations and school p.a. systems will play a sound track of rumbling and crashing, along with a man's voice declaring, "If this were the magnitude 7.8 earthquake we're practicing for today, you would be experiencing sudden and intense back-and-forth motions of up to 6 ft. per second. The floor or the ground would jerk sideways out from under you. Look around and imagine...
...know who lives on the outskirts of the Square anymore.” Like most retailers, MacDonald counts on a strong holiday season. But he predicted that some businesses could find themselves suffering this year.“After the holiday season, there’s a huge drop-off and you have to borrow money from the bank,” said MacDonald. “Some businesses will find they won’t be able to.”Store managers for larger retailers such as Urban Outfitters and restaurants such as Bertucci’s were...
...We’re the kind of concentration that you can drop into your professor’s office hours, and we do want our numbers to grow but not grow to the point that it’s not possible,” Harrington said. “We retain a commitment to the personal touch and to the careful close one-to-one mentoring of students—that commitment remains unbroken...
...Realtors around the country have for the past few years been dealing with the double blow of sinking home prices and falling transactions. That has not only led to lower pay checks and a drop in the number of real estate agents nationwide, but also a rise in foreclosures among realtors themselves. (Read "Four Steps to Ending the Foreclosure Crisis...