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...Airbus remains optimistic. "We fully expect to break even and sell 1,600 over the next 20 years," says Clay McConnell, Vice-President of Airbus communications. "We'll hit better than 50% of the market [over that time]." Singapore will be the first to fly commercially, receiving their first of a 19 plane-order this October. Other airlines include: Qantas, for 20; Air France, for 10; Virgin Atlantic, for 6; Thai Airways, for 6; and Korean Airlines, for 5. Emirates takes the cake for an order of 43. But most planes won't be delivered until...
Fakhruddin Ahmed doesn't strike you as a tough guy. He's mild mannered and academic in the way you might expect of an economist who has previously served as a central banker and a World Bank bureaucrat. He talks about spending time with his family and watching movies with his wife. He uses words like "epistemologically" and "baneful." But, as Bangladesh's current boss, the 66-year-old Ahmed is showing a steely resolve. Beginning last October, the capital Dhaka was struck by violent street clashes between rival supporters of outgoing Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party...
...Clearly, Giuliani isn't naive about the pounding he can expect to take, not after 20 years as a gladiator in the bloody coliseum of the New York media. His every foible, rage and dysfunction have already been exposed by the tabloids in end-of-the-world fonts. But if he's not naive, what is he? The only conclusion we can draw is that he's confident he can survive...
...times we look at each other on the field and we’ve already answered each other’s question,” Kidder says. “We know what to expect. We know each other’s range. We know how the other’s feeling, how to bounce back, how to help each other...
...Getting the game going and starting off on a good note is really important,” Brown says. “If they see that the top of the lineup has gotten hits, the people go up to bat with more confidence and they kind of expect that they can do the same...