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Throughout the current global slump, Yun has continued to invest in new processes and research. The company refined its semiconductor and liquid-crystal-display operations so effectively that traditional competition from Tokyo was upended. "Samsung is more cost effective, and its manufacturing technology is better than at companies like Sharp and Hitachi," says Shiro Mikoshiba, a Nomura Securities analyst in Tokyo. "The Japanese stopped competing two years...
...crafted the Kennedy tax cut that spurred the boom of the early 1960s. His Nobel-winning portfolio-selection theory--which posits that investors do not simply seek the highest yielding assets but vary them according to risk tolerance and other factors--changed conventional thinking on how Americans spend and invest money...
...found that companies that place a high emphasis on CI earn an average of $1.24 a share annually, while their competitors that do not stress CI lose 7[cents] a share. There may be a chicken-and-egg dynamic at work: successful firms have a lot more cash to invest in CI. But it seems clear that watching your competitors closely can help boost your bottom line. Cliff Kalb, senior director of strategic business analysis at MERCK, says his division recently helped the pharmaceutical giant outmaneuver a competitor set to introduce a new drug. Merck established a stronger position...
...years, the rise of HMOs and other health care providers has taken the decision-making ability out of the hands of doctors and given it to bureaucrats. The bottom line compels many health care companies to raise patient costs while scaling back benefits. These companies have little incentive to invest in the quality of care and every incentive to deliver profits to their investors. Those who remain enamored of the current system speak of patients’ choice, yet health plans typically limit which doctors or hospitals a patient can visit. A free market for health care has unequivocally failed...
...UNIFORM GIFT TO MINORS ACCOUNT. For this, you invest money in your child's name. The first $750 in annual earnings is tax free...