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...that we use these tunnels to only bring in weapons. We're bringing in the ordinary stuff that keeps Gaza alive. If the Israelis opened the border crossings, we wouldn't have to be doing this," says Mohammed, a gap-toothed man in his 40s whose cap is emblazoned with a Koranic verse that he hopes will protect him from being buried alive when the Israeli fighter-bombers reappear in the skies over Gaza...
...turbulent economy, looking at how a company may do over the course of this year requires more imagination than it does math skills. Earnings actually tell very little. They are a picture of the past. Most come out several weeks after a quarter ends. In a recession, that gap in time may make looking backwards a process which is nearly useless. Looking forward. nearly every public company in America is basing its guidance on conjecture more than predictable sales. That is why a growing number of companies are withdrawing forecasts all together...
...renewables know they'll win. Climate change aside, the simple fact that energy demand will continue growing rapidly once the downturn has ended means that new supplies will be needed. And no one - including oil giants of the Middle East - believe that fossil fuels alone will meet that gap. "This is absolutely going to scale big," says Frank Mastiaux, the CEO of the E.ON, a major German energy company that is poised to more than triple its renewable business over the next five years...
...most retailers, the company has stayed strong since the economic downturn began. "J. Crew continues to be one of the few retailers offering differentiated and unique merchandise to customers," analyst Christine Chen wrote this month in a report for Needham and Co. CEO Mickey Drexler, ex-chief of the Gap, has jump-started the brand by revamping the quality of its merchandise. But the economic downturn has not left J. Crew unscathed - profits fell 6% through the first three quarters of fiscal 2008. "It's a huge deal," says Marshal Cohen, retail analyst for the NPD Group, of the Inaugural...
...lull in fighting for a defined period (10 days, by some accounts). That interlude would then allow for the brokering of a more comprehensive cease-fire. But each side's goals from any truce remain antagonistic to the other's, and reaching an agreement that bridges the vast gap between them remains a herculean diplomatic challenge...