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...creativity that feeds its bottom line. I was impressed to learn that each Google employee is supposed to devote 10% of his or her time to exploring far-out ideas. I also like the company's emphasis on developing technology first and finding an economically viable business model second. Google could apply those values by entering the spam wars. If it develops an antispam tool that defeats e-mail evildoers, Google will continue growing while furthering its philosophy...
...think it is hard not to read the letter from the Corporation as reminding the Design School faculty that discussions and debates and disagreements are perfectly reasonable but they must be conducted within the framework of civility, of decency, and of respect for the governance model of the University,” the professor added...
...jumpers have been replaced by white suits and rims that glint in the L.A. sunlight. As is appropriate for a video that is selling a movie, there’s a lot of interesting and un-explained stuff going on: T.I. plays an intense game of chess, a weightlifting model hangs around, and plenty of women tool around on roller skates. The pinnacle of the video arrives in the form of a masked T.I. brandishing a Louis Vuitton man-purse...
...international offices, assembly lines and even dealerships to map out a new business plan for Renault. He wants to lift operating profit margin to 6%, increase annual Renault car sales from the current 2.5 million to 3.3 million, relaunch 13 existing brands, and roll out another 13 new models. Ghosn also plans to step up Renault's activity in luxury, suv and crossover categories, and exploit its effervescent markets outside of Western Europe, where two-thirds of the extra 800,000 cars are expected to be sold. The additional activity is expected to increase factory production rates from a current...
...figure out ways to evade detection," he said. Guariniello hopes that the i.o.c. and national sports federations will be inspired by his accomplishment and overcome their earlier objections to tough enforcement: "It's not that Italy has to go back. The other countries have to move toward our model." Perhaps, but not even all Italians agree with the magistrate. i.o.c. member Pescante said many in Italy's sports establishment consider the prosecutor a "type of fundamentalist," and that international games require a certain degree of diplomacy. "The Olympics," Pescante said, "are different from a bicycle race." Some athletes, however, like...