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...Administration is preparing to develop a few new nuclear weapons [NOTEBOOK, May 26]. Does the President think he can lead the whole world down the garden path? While countries all around the globe are told to stop their nuclear programs and threatened with military action, how can the U.S. expand its already large arsenal of nuclear weapons? MAY KOIZUMI Hiroshima...
...have to feel sorry for the insurance industry to appreciate Donald Zuk's predicament. The CEO of SCPIE Holdings, California's second largest malpractice insurer, Zuk launched an ambitious plan in 1996 to expand into new states like Texas and Georgia and into new lines of business, such as insuring dentists and higher-risk doctors. It was a disaster...
...business-class service from Dusseldorf, Germany, to Newark (offered in partnership with PrivatAir), and some are even calling it the "new Concorde." The flight's VIP service and the absence of crying babies and scruffy backpackers have pleased the route's early passengers and encouraged the airline to expand service to Munich from Newark and schedule a Chicago-to-Dusseldorf flight starting in June. The carrier will not say whether the route is profitable, but it has been flying at a healthy 60% of capacity. Among U.S. business travelers, Indigo is attracting almost as much attention for its clever...
Gaidano has no plans to expand the company beyond 40 employees or take it public. DriveSavers works so well, he says, precisely because it is small and nimble. Beyond acquiring expertise in new drive types--such as the CompactFlash cards used in digital cameras and the tiny drives in Apple's iPod--there is no need to diversify. Everyone seems happy with their compensation. Why bother to grow? CBL's CEO, Bill Margeson, currently expanding into Europe and Australia, says Gaidano and his troops are beholden to the Hollywood crowd and "haven't taken the initiative...
...never lost the sports bug. In 1996 he bought an arena football team, the Sting, and moved it from Las Vegas to Anaheim, Calif. By that time, the AFL's high-scoring games and hockey-style hits along the boards had caught fans' attention and helped the league expand to 15 teams, mostly in such smaller markets as Albany, N.Y., and Des Moines, Iowa. But further growth seemed stymied by the lack of a broadcast outlet and by squabbling among the owners...