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...same day as the vote against increasing the mileage standards, the Senate voted to have the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study the matter and come up with a proposal for new standards within the next year. On top of that, the Senate voted by a smaller margin to exempt pickups from any new increases the study might recommend. It makes little sense to preemtively exempt pickup trucks from any new standards, and we worry that the loophole which classifies SUVs and minivans as “light trucks”—allowing them to be less efficient?...
...Asia's largest PC maker by riding a boom in mainland computer sales. Although it manufactures in China, where labor costs are cheap, it lacks Dell's economies of scale. Legend's revenue last year was $3.5 billion, puny compared with Dell's $31.9 billion. Dell's 17.6% profit margin similarly dwarfs Legend...
...night. More time on-site means more time to spend on meals, rooms and Mickey Mouse ears. "The profit doesn't come from the theme parks," says Mark Abramson, an analyst with Bear, Stearns in London. "The profit comes from the hotels," restaurants and shops, all high-margin businesses...
...advancing to the ECAC semis, the Crimson swept Brown in a best-of-three series. For the semifinal and final rounds of the tournament, the format is single elimination, so the Crimson will have no margin for error in Lake Placid...
...question is whether Harvard can play with a small margin of error for a full 40 minutes. The season finale against Dartmouth, which Harvard won just 58-42 after holding a 42-15 lead, was typical of the season’s stretch...