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...estimated $238 million in sales this year, into PPR's second most successful label after Gucci--even surpassing the iconic Yves Saint Laurent brand. Revenue grew 66% last year to $190 million, and profits tripled to $17 million. PPR didn't expect to earn a dime on the brand--which it bought in 2001 from the Moltedo family who founded it--until next year...
...Today, she doesn't have to. Nhan is training for a new job on the assembly line at a sprawling Canon factory recently completed a few kilometers down the road from the propaganda sign. Nhan will be making $50 a month, enough to rent a small apartment. "When I earn lots of money," she says, "I want to send money to my parents and maybe buy a motorbike for myself." Nhan isn't the only one with high hopes. Set to begin production this month, the Bac Ninh factory is Canon's second in northern Vietnam, and a third...
...ricocheted off the glove of pitcher Shawn Haviland and fortuitously bounced over to Stoeckel, a late-game defensive replacement at second base. Stoeckel corralled the grounder and sent a low throw over to Steffan Wilson, who was able to scoop the ball and hold the bag long enough to earn the game-ending out call. “That ball got deflected, it looked like it was going up the middle and get over,” Walsh said. “[But Haviland] had earned it to be out there.”The sequence preserved the shutout...
...sounds like a great idea. NCAA Championships are inherently glamorous and oft-publicized, with CBS running highlight reels of most championships upon conclusion of the fall, winter, and spring seasons. All NCAA champions earn a trip to the White House and a handshake from President Bush...
...driven and not consumer-driven and is growing at a torrid 10% annually. The two countries trade more than ever but their systems remain dramatically out of whack. For instance, in China the savings rate is 53%; the U.S. rate is often negative, meaning Americans spend more than they earn...