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...Signature tops and Disney plush toys--a business many analysts expect to grow to $1 billion by 2007. In August it paid $124 million for the U.S.-based Briefly Stated, which produces pajamas, underwear and T shirts for such diverse brands as Professional Bull Riders Inc. and Catwoman. Eradicating the middleman role for some products could open up other opportunities for the firm too. "This will help us do business with certain retailers in the world which we haven't been able to before--like Wal-Mart," says Bruce Rockowitz, president of Li & Fung's trading division. The Fungs "tend...
...myth of the management consultant in general and McKinsey in particular has never been stronger. McKinsey consultants are restructuring the educational system of Israel, advising insurers on dealing with Hurricane Katrina, comparing the performance of Indian and American companies, reforming the North Carolina Department of Transportation. Even Time Inc. is a client. And a 36-year-old former McKinsey consultant, Bobby Jindal, has just been elected Governor of Louisiana...
...took off with some distinct advantages. First, it is the international face of Singapore Inc., the disciplined, business-oriented country and culture that is a ferocious economic competitor. "They're the Israelis of aviation," says Mark Gerchick, a former U.S. Department of Transportation official, admiringly. "They are small and smart and aggressive in pursuing their interests...
...ceiling broke, flooding the basement with scalding water. Then the sewage backed up into the office. “When you start a company, you find space wherever you can, no matter how disgusting and smelly it is,” Smith says of the business, Liquid Machines Inc., which has grown from two to 60 employees since it debuted six years ago. “We had to learn about how to do crisis management long before we were a funded company,” says Liquid Machines co-founder Vasanth Bala.So when Smith moved into his corner office...
...TIME International's double issue last month on Heroes of the Environment. To mark that issue, I was delighted to join my TIME colleagues and more than 400 distinguished guests, including TIME Warner Chairman and CEO Richard Parsons, TIME Warner President and Chief Operating Officer Jeffrey Bewkes, TIME Inc. CEO Ann Moore, actress and environmental activist Heather Graham, human-rights activist and former hostage Terry Waite, and philanthropist Sabrina Guinness at London's Royal Courts of Justice on Oct. 25 to honor our awardees...