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...formulate a restructuring plan, to be finalized by the end of November. Relative to other carriers, JAL has a high portion of revenues coming from non-flying businesses and potential spinoffs could target freight operations and less profitable operations. JAL is also being wooed by foreign carriers that might invest for minority stakes in the airline. "There aren't many solutions for JAL," says JP Morgan Securities airline analyst Hitoshi Hosoya. "What it needs is capital - cash." (See 10 milestones on the road to GM's bankruptcy...
...property agents say prices are being driven higher by buyers from the Chinese mainland. Wealthy Chinese have ample cash and easy access to low-interest loans because of the government's loose monetary and fiscal policies, which were implemented last year to fight the recession. Buyers are looking to invest close to home, and despite China's restrictions on moving capital beyond its borders, that often means acquiring assets in Hong Kong. (The former British colony belongs to China but has a separate system of government and a more open economy.) About half of the buyers for luxury apartments...
...words, and lean forward to catch his every fading syllable. “Simon’s poetry behaves characteristically in a very recognizable geography of everyday life,” English Professor W. James Simpson said in introduction. “But they also have the capacity to invest that ordinary experience with mystery, surprise and revelation.” Armitage read original poems and translations published throughout the span of his career. “You’re beautiful because you’re classically trained. / I’m ugly because I associate piano wire with...
...speed and in such quantity. Instead of faulting the “Espresso Book Machine” for the questions it does not answer, skeptics should realize the magnitude of the services this machine does provide, and we admire the Harvard Book Store for being among the first to invest in such an innovative piece of technology...
...near future, Coke's China investments will be massive. The company, which has spent $1.6 billion in China since 1979, plans to invest $2 billion in growth over the next three years. (Last year, Pepsi announced a $1 billion investment in China over the next four years.) Coke opened a $90 million research center this year in Shanghai, where it has developed new products like the grape, lemon and mixed-fruit flavors added to the Chinese version of Minute Maid, a pulpy fruit drink known as Guo Li Chen...