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...Michael Boyd, president of the Boyd Group, an aviation consulting firm based in Evergreen, Colo., says that JetBlue will weather the storm. "When it comes to customer service, these people rewrote the book," he says. "The product is damn good. It's just that their operational systems haven't been very robust. But they'll fix that. I bank...
...British firm PlayEngine is offering a line of flat-screen monitors (from $330), mice ($20) and keyboards ($30) housed in bamboo shells. Unlike plastic, bamboo is an eco-friendly, renewable material. A crop of this fast-growing grass eats up more CO2 than an equivalent field of trees, so farming it can help to reduce greenhouse gases. It also biodegrades easily and doesn't release any evil compounds when it's decomposing. However, that doesn't mean your keyboard will start decaying on your desk. All of the bamboo is dried and treated for bugs and infestations, resulting...
After Princeton’s governing body decided to divest the university’s holdings, its fund managers immediately determined that the university did not have any direct holdings in Sudan-linked companies, but that they might indirectly hold shares of PetroChina, Sinopec, the Russian oil firm Tatneft, the Swiss power company ABB Ltd., and the state-owned Indian firm Bharat Heavy Electricals...
Imagine yourself as a graduating senior who just landed a posh job, say at a consulting firm, investment bank, or think tank. It’s time to kick back, relax, enjoy your last few classes, and smell the roses—at least if you are an American. International students, however, still have to worry about their final term grades, for if those grades are submitted too late, that fancy job could be a figment of their imagination...
...addition to considering and dismissing longer dining hall hours, the committee entertained the idea of instituting a “flexible” points meal plan, which would allow undergraduates to eat in participating campus restaurants as well as dining halls. This plan was recommended by a consulting firm hired in the spring of 2006 to assess HUDS’ efficiency. According to the report, the committee decided against the flexible plan because it would disrupt the tradition of House dining, which committee members said serves as the foundation of House life. “When we were examining...