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...from about $18. The good news for Bombardier Inc. is that it has a respected new chief executive in Tellier, 63, who arrived in January. A roll-up-your-sleeves manager, Tellier took over the moribund, government-owned Canadian National Railway Co. in 1992 and turned it into a lean and efficient publicly traded market leader. He did that by cutting costs (including 14,200 jobs) and eliminating real estate and telecom divisions to focus on rail. Tellier knows Bombardier, having served on its board for the past five years. Besides dumping its highly profitable recreational division as well...
...made up mostly of upper middle-aged men and youngsters, several well under sixteen, in what looks like a father-and-son operation. The first thing one notices about all of the older "patriots" is that none of them have missed a meal in a long time. Given the lean look of the general population it does not appear that the people taking part in this uprising suffered much under Saddam's regime. In fact, if their waistlines are a measure of success, then these are prosperous...
...conflict in Iraq drags on, there will not only be additional layoffs but longer ones too. Still, you aren't powerless. If you think you might be laid off--and especially if you have already been given notice--there are moves you can make to ease the lean times of joblessness. But don't delay; once you're off the payroll, some of these moves will no longer be possible...
Business inventories are lean and will be rebuilt at the first whiff of resurgent demand, and there's a pent-up need for capital equipment--especially technology to boost productivity. Two-thirds of U.S. corporate financial officers say their firms are spending cautiously on capital goods--or not at all--because of the Iraq conflict, according to a survey by Financial Executives International, a trade group, and Duke University. Lift that cloud, and managers will spend...
...would be logical to him because he is adding value for shareholders. Weill works tirelessly. The companies he took over were either in desperate shape or fat, dumb and happy; he made them lean and mean--and spread stock options through the ranks. Langley's Weill is deal hungry, overcompensated and, when necessary, cold blooded. He famously ousted his respected protege and potential successor at Citigroup, Jamie Dimon (now CEO of Bank One), to preserve his own power...