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Whether more people are partying at home to save some dough, or flocking to Dollar Tree from other stores for cheap supplies, Dollar Tree, based in Chesapeake, Va., loves the fiesta. The chain, which operates about 3,700 stores in 48 states, saw its profits rise 51%, to $56.9 million, for the quarter that ended Aug. 1. In a depressed retail environment, same-store sales jumped 6.8% for the quarter; the retailer's shares have risen over 40% since mid-February. "For us, the world is our oyster," Gary Philbin, Dollar Tree's COO, said at a recent analyst presentation...
...recession also provoked an identity crisis for the magazine; its latest cover touted a story on where to eat a restaurant steak for $14.50. "When you're catering to an affluent audience and you're talking about huddling at home or cooking inexpensive stews, there's a disconnect," says Merri Lee Kingsly, publisher of Saveur, a rival title...
...absolutely [Grimm, Akpan and Rousmaniere] that combined on the goal to really set me up,” Rogers said. “I just happened to be the one in front of the net to tap it home...
Also, according to Murphy, Harvard’s second-string back, rookie Treavor Scales, returned home to Georgia to attend to a death in the family...
...Shall Believe” by Sheryl Crow.Audience members, many of whom traveled from countries including Haiti, Rwanda, Peru, and Russia, said they felt inspired by the speakers and the stories.“I was so involved with numbers and Excel that I had little time to do home visits,” said Odile Nzirabatinya, the Chief Financial Officer for the PIH sister organization in Rwanda. “Now, I feel more energized to be more involved with field work.”Several Harvard students who managed to snag tickets to the sold-out event expressed similar...