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...mergers failed to capture the cost advantages that theoretically justified the takeover. Most starkly of all, Booz Allen & Hamilton concluded that "the likelihood of failure is greater than 50%, however you measure success - shareholder value, stock price, profitability or attrition." In other words, mergers often do more harm than good. That sentiment is usually echoed by unions, who note the tendency of merged firms to lay off employees as they streamline operations and cut costs. Despite the high risks, Michael Tr?m, A.T. Kearney's managing director in Germany, says he fully expects another big wave of acquisitions. To compete...
Inflicting bodily harm can actually be a poor method of extracting information. A detainee is likely to be so eager to end his pain he will confess to anything, even untruths, notes Rick Smith, a retired 25-year veteran...
...this? For those outside the church, as Williams warned, this obsession with human sexuality seems incomprehensible. In his letter to English bishops about John last week, Williams also wrote of the "violent conflict, epidemic disease, instability and poverty" afflicting millions in Africa. "It does us no harm to think about our own priorities against such a background, and perhaps learn in some matters to give each other a little more time and space for thought." Many believers would say amen to that...
...with U.S. efforts to isolate the island. Meanwhile In Egypt ... Matrix Unloaded Censors have banned The Matrix Reloaded on religious grounds and for featuring excessive violence. They described it as raising controversial issues about human creation and said in a statement that "screening the movie may cause troubles and harm social peace." The censors did, however, think the special effects were "fabulous...
...businesses were unsolicited. The time we spend deleting or defeating spam costs an estimated $8.9 billion a year in lost productivity. Sensing an enemy as unpopular as al-Qaeda, lawmakers are pondering a plethora of solutions--some of which, spam watchers say, could end up doing more harm than good...