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...priorities are, it’s got to be a long-term phase-in plan,” he said, adding that it should also be “transparent” and have a “simpler formula...
Here’s a simple formula for you: First, take last year’s Harvard men’s lacrosse team, which posted a 5-10 record. Next, subtract three of the team’s four recipients of All-Ivy honors. Now, what would you expect the Crimson’s record...
Regardless of what the future holds for this group of freshmen, for this season at least, they’ve been an integral part of the winning formula...
...goes. Launching a new food line is no small undertaking. Consumer research and continual tinkering with the formula can cost millions of dollars and require two years from concept to shelf. Diet foods are trickiest because a company must determine the trade-off between taste and calorie count that will please the most people. Sara Lee, recognizing that its carbcentric baked-goods line is vulnerable, has begun marketing Delightful breads with fewer carbs. The company sees a secondary market for low-carb products: the world's 171 million diabetics, for whom carbs can be a deadly sin. The number...
McDonald's Corp. is trying to cut health-care costs for the 13,000 employees it insures. VitalSpring created a database of McDonald's employees, ranking them 0 to 5 on the basis of their health problems, weighting underlying conditions and complications in a formula that calculates future health-care costs. The company's goal is to spot illness early and try to prevent the employee from getting sicker. The strategy involves "disease management," which provides employees with advice on diet and exercise and offers more intensive medical surveillance to arrest disease...