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...same time, Toyota is losing ground in the vehicle-reliability race. Hyundai last year nudged past Toyota (excluding Lexus) in J.D. Power & Associates' initial-quality survey. GM has narrowed the gap with models like the Buick Century. Even the indomitable Camry has slipped, dropping from first place in 2000 to eighth in 2004, as consumers report fewer problems with competing models. (Camry complaints aren't appreciably higher...
...slashed crime 30% in 3 1/2 years. Our top performers range from Chicago's imperial Richard Daley, who after 16 years is widely viewed as the nation's top urban executive, to newcomer John Hickenlooper, the beer brewer who closed Denver's worst budget gap ever without major staff or service cuts. Since good policy invites imitation, their most successful tactics may soon be coming to a city near you. --By Nancy Gibbs...
...settlement kept alive a season of lively pennant races and record-breaking performances. But it did not go very far toward solving baseball's most critical financial problem: the growing gap between the rich clubs and the poor ones. Unlike pro football, which divides a pot of national televison money equally among its 28 teams, baseball relies more on local television revenue. The owners in big media markets, such as George Steinbrenner of the New York Yankees and Peter O'Malley of the Los Angeles Dodgers, understandably are not eager to share their advantages with less well-endowed clubs, like...
...bangs and billowed to bouffant has been tamed and dyed. The kneesprung crouch has lost barely a trace of temper. The burly body remains respectably taut, a gunnysack full of cantaloupes and cannonballs. The seamed and arid face, a slowly eroding riverbed, is as wide open as a gap-toothed grin. It is the map of an obstinate man with 737 doubles who still flings himself flat and breaststrokes like a gopher into second base...
...automation businesses. A 19-year Siemens veteran, including three years running its U.S. operations, Kleinfeld is known for his cross-cultural savvy--a true next-generation European CEO. The rumor mill is spinning that his next deal could be with a cell-phone handsetmaker to fill the one gap in Siemens' communications portfolio. By Coco Masters