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...example, in the first quarter of 2005, Nissan made $1,603 on every vehicle sold in North America, while GM lost $2,311, according to Harbour Consulting. For starters, the transplants, generally with reputations for higher quality than American brands, don't offer the deep discounts that U.S. makers employ. And foreign manufacturers don't carry the legacy costs that drag U.S. companies down. Workers at foreign companies' nonunion shops make roughly the same in wages and benefits as unionized employees in Detroit. But Asian and European firms, with younger workforces in the U.S., aren't saddled with crippling pension...
...revoke some. The day after that broadside, Crystallex's share price on the Toronto Stock Exchange plummeted 40%, to $1.50. Shares of other firms mining gold in Venezuela, like Idaho-based Hecla, also took hits--especially when Chávez promised to create a competing, state-owned company that would employ the illegal miners. Jonathan Goodman, CEO of Toronto-based mining firm Dundee Precious Metals, told Bloomberg News, "Chávez scares the crap...
...Helping her cause will be three talented guards—sophomore Lindsay Hallion, who returns from an ACL injury, promising freshman Emily Tay, and steady senior Laura Robinson—who will man the point this season. With the departure of All-Ivy center Reka Cserny, the Crimson will employ a more aggressive, motion-oriented attack that better suits Holsey’s skills.“I can get passes and create my own offense, and drive and dish?that kind of stuff,” Holsey says. “It’s fun, because...
...contract, Harvard has the opportunity to show workers, students, and the larger public that it cares about the living conditions of these important members of our community.Currently, employees at the bottom of Harvard’s income ladder work for meager wages. A minority of them receive full-time employment at Harvard. Many must work two or three jobs to support themselves and their families. Harvard’s wages compare poorly to those of its local peer institutions. Many low-income workers who have worked here for five, 10, and 15 years have never received a promotion offer. While...
...Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne has launched a crusade against naked short selling, charging that an unnamed criminal "mastermind" is conspiring against his company. Byrne says the attacks have "put limits on the amount of capital we can raise, how fast we can grow and how many people we can employ." His company's stock, at $76 in January, has tumbled into the low $30s. Byrne filed an unfair-practices suit in August against Rocker Partners, which specializes in short selling. Rocker says the suit is "frivolous" and blames Overstock's disappointing results for the stock slide...