Word: makers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...conglomerate with operations in everything from atomic power to vineyards, Tchuruk stripped the company down and shifted its focus squarely on the telecom business. Among his moves was to go on a buying spree in North America, snapping up seven companies including DSC Communications Corp., a midsized telecommunications equipment maker based in Dallas, Texas in 1998, and Newbridge Networks, a Canadian maker of data switches, last year...
...World realm of haute cuisine. First he gave his key people cash bonuses for performance. As his business expanded, he gave them something better: a chance to invest with him in new ventures. That could be another restaurant, a florist, a catering operation or a cutlery maker--all part of his growing $36 million-a-year gastronomic empire. "With European chefs," he explains, "the owner owned the place, and nobody even knew whether the restaurant was making money." In his office at Aureole, he slaps on his desk a one-day balance sheet from Metrazur, his new place at Grand...
...arsenal, the heartburn treatment Prilosec has long been the most successful. The stomach soother reaped an astonishing $6.2 billion in sales last year to make it the best-selling prescription drug ever--a title Prilosec stands to lose when its patent expires in October. But if the drug's maker, British firm AstraZeneca, behaves like many of its counterparts in the industry, it won't easily relinquish its monopoly. Indeed, sources confirmed to TIME that the Federal Trade Commission has quietly launched an investigation into whether AstraZeneca illegally blocked generic competition to protect its Prilosec franchise. A company spokesperson said...
...Robert Frank has a healthy attitude about how manipulative photography can be. In an interview in 1975 he said: "Photographs leave too much open to bullshit." Nevertheless, he has spent most of his life trying to produce honest images. The Swiss-born photographer and film-maker who has lived in the United States and Canada for the past half century is now 76, an age which has critics pontificating on his long career. Most agree that Frank was one of the biggest influences on photography and cinema in the 20th century, often referring back to the label Jack Kerouac first...
...lower profits. Now it is more deferential to its shareholders. "Boeing's basic thinking has changed," says Nisbet. "It isn't who can sell the most airplanes but who can make the most money." In order to do that, Boeing is promoting itself not merely as an airplane maker but as a diversified aerospace company with high-tech missile-defense contracts, space and communications systems and a growing aircraft-service business. To emphasize its new orientation, Boeing in March announced plans to relocate its corporate headquarters. Its earnings for the first quarter were $762 million, up more than 100% from...