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...commercial ambitions of Kamen and his team are as advanced as their technical virtuosity. By stealing a slice of the $300 billion-plus transportation industry, Doerr predicts, the Segway Co. will be the fastest outfit in history to reach $1 billion in sales. To get there, the firm has erected a 77,000-sq.-ft. factory a few miles from its Manchester, N.H., headquarters that will be capable of churning out 40,000 Segways a month by the end of next year...
Junior Leif Drake is another standout from last year. Even with the addition of freshmen Andrew Krna and Nicholas Langan, Drake still retains the fastest 50 free time on the squad. Divers Enrique Roy, a junior, and senior Erik Frost should handle the boards for the Crimson this season...
...reaching the French and Italian markets, says Taylor. Berlitz, for its part, earned a boost to its reputation. The Sharper Image pays the firm to localize content for its German and British sites, which it launched this year. "Global branding," says Berlitz GlobalNET CEO Jim Lewis, "is the fastest-growing part of our business...
...Assignments can last from two days to four years. "I always thought the industry would become dependent upon a virtual bank of knowledge, rather than the permanent employee," says Franklin. Last year Dataworkforce, which takes a 15% to 30% cut on contracts, earned $64 million, making it Britain's fastest growing company, according to a London Sunday Times survey...
...determined not to allow present difficulties to deflect our resolve," explained Emirates Airlines chairman Al-Maktoum of the decision this month to spend $15 billion on new planes from Airbus and Boeing. Since 1985, Al-Maktoum, 42, a member of Dubai's ruling family, has turned Emirates into the fastest-growing airline in the Middle East...