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That doesn't mean it's impossible to do well in an industry with oodles of competition - just that if you're going to play that game, you'd better know your customer pretty well. Consider retail. The stores that make the list are all super-focused on what they sell. Chico's is for comfortable women's clothing. Gymboree is to dress your kids. Jos. A. Bank Clothiers is for men's suits and dress shirts. And PetMed Express is to order your dog's prescription online. Department stores, big-box discounters and generalist web sites - retailers that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Top Stocks of the Decade | 12/22/2009 | See Source »

Last week's attacks may mean that change is indeed on the horizon. But if the Yemeni backlash to the attacks are any indication, cruise missiles and firepower may not be the support Yemen needs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Despite U.S. Aid, Yemen Faces Growing al-Qaeda Threat | 12/22/2009 | See Source »

...your standards, we are not "rational." I mean, look, we just had a planeload of missile parts intercepted in Thailand. I think you know where that plane was headed. Why in the world would we be shipping parts for our glorious Taepodong 2 missile to Iran, when the entire world is worried about their nuclear program? Because some of my close comrades here in the Party run the trading company that sells the missiles, and the way I keep them loyal is to let them make some money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dear President Obama: What North Korea Might Say | 12/22/2009 | See Source »

...Qaeda alone, they'll do the same for him. "The government still sometimes thinks it is too costly for it to fight al-Qaeda. If you ask them to go and fight al-Qaeda, they say 'Why? And what do I get back?'" says Hassan. Fighting al-Qaeda would mean losing key fundamentalist support in the country, support that is already falling away. What would compel Saleh to turn it around? "It is business," says Hassan. "If the government gets more support from the Americans, they will change." The Obama administration has requested $65 million to help Yemen battle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Despite U.S. Aid, Yemen Faces Growing al-Qaeda Threat | 12/22/2009 | See Source »

...Anglican Church hymnal Hymns Ancient and Modern in 1861. Composed by Isaac Watts, known as the "father of Englsh hymnody", the song actually wasn't written exclusively for singing at Christmastime. Charles Wesley's "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" was originally "Hark! How All The Welkin Rings!" (Welkin means sky or heaven, and came to mean making a loud sound...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Christmas Caroling | 12/21/2009 | See Source »

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