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Right now, the HBC is preparing for the Boston Open, which takes place at the end of February. More than anything, the club needs fans, as its matches are often horribly under-attended. Not only can spectators enjoy high-quality badminton, the diehard fan can invest in an HBC t-shirt—emblazoned, inevitably, with the adage “Balls of Feathers, Shuttlecocks of Steel...
...operations in America, where its market share is a puny 10%. The U.S. is the world?s biggest music market and it?s impossible to create world megastars with poor sales there. Deutsche Bank analyst Mark Beilby doubts if any of the five major music companies are willing to invest the time and money needed to create "overnight" sensations. But Munns, who last week was also put in charge of North American operations, says EMI is willing to go that route: "Alain and I have always focused on long-term artist development. In a business that seems so short-term...
...Says David Certner, chief lobbyist for the American Association for Retired Persons: "In 401(k) plans, we are asking people to take the risk and responsibility for investing, yet we set up this system where we are violating the first basic rule of investing: diversification." Where company stock is a savings option, employees invest almost a third of their assets...
...time when all our resources and energies seem to be diverted toward manufacturing bombs and missiles, it is heartening that there are people who still invest their intelligence, money and time in making the world a more convenient place to live. MAYANK SINGH Gurgaon, India...
...which said last year that it would invest $100 million in the field, has now more than doubled its life-sciences investments. Says the initiative's general manager, Carol Kovac: "Partnering with companies in proteomics and genomics is essential for our success." Big Blue has invested $10 million in MDS Proteomics, a subsidiary of MDS, based in Toronto, Canada, and recently announced a collaboration with LION. It is also building what will be the world's fastest supercomputer, Blue Gene, to work out the complex rules by which proteins assume their shapes...