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Although that feud is part of sports lore, the saga of Adidas also holds insights into the durability of a global brand. Adidas survived corporate intrigue, near bankruptcy and being outmarketed and overtaken by Nike. It is still the No. 2 maker of sporting goods in the world...
...happens, the broadest distributions occurred from 1998 to 2001, a period marked by nosebleed stock valuations. The 10-year expiration on those grants is near, and the NASDAQ is still at just half its peak level, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 has barely gotten back to even. Grants made in 2000 alone represent lost value of $150 billion, with virtually no chance of recovery, says Ira Kay, an executive pay consultant at Watson Wyatt...
...Dhaim picked up a semiautomatic rifle, two pistols and lots of ammunition, he called his 17-year-old fiancée and made plans to go shopping the next day in Jerusalem. They were getting married in the summer and hoped to honeymoon in Turkey before moving into a house near olive groves. But Abu Dhaim, 25, was wrestling with darker forces. After hanging up the phone, he gathered his weapons in a cardboard television box and drove to the Mercaz Harav seminary in the heart of Jerusalem. Abu Dhaim climbed the stairs to a library, where he killed eight students...
...been for lack of trying. Israel's domestic intelligence service, Shin Bet, claims that in 2007 it foiled 29 suicide attacks. Some were near misses: last March, for example, a truck loaded with 220 lbs. (100 kg) of explosives crossed from the West Bank and reached Tel Aviv, but the driver lost his nerve and turned back. Hamas officials concede that Israeli operations have crushed many underground cells but insist that after Hamas won the Palestinian election in January 2006, its political wing abandoned suicide bombings in a fruitless effort to gain international recognition. Retired Brigadier Shalom Harari...
...completely understand whatit says and mistranslates the meaningto a girl he is trying to impress. Playfultouches such as this are a hallmark ofFurtado’s films.“Houve†follows two teenage boys,Chico and Juca, over the course of twosummers at the beach near Porto Alegre,Brazil. Furtado was inspired to write thescript for his son, actor Pedro Furtado(who plays the character of Juca) and Pedro’sfellow classmates in drama school.“For class projects, Pedro and hisfriends would do renditions of WoodyAllen films and other scripts with adultcharacters...