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...loyal, has such high standards, and feels so proprietary about it," Lopes says. So when Mobil Travel Guide subtracted one of the five stars from the Bel-Air's rating in 1999, Lopes knew a face-lift to the "dated and tired" design was imperative. He would have to nip and tuck carefully to avoid rankling the hotel's faithful. "I had to update every facet, while preserving the classical elegance that is the Bel-Air's signature," he says. The dining room underwent one of the biggest - and fastest - makeovers. A floor-to-ceiling fireplace and handblown Italian chandeliers...
Although the tests have been around for more than a century, employers have increasingly glommed on to them for one main purpose: retention. Companies yearn to nip turnover, which averages about 15% across the workforce and costs at least a quarter of a departing worker's salary. Poorly performing employees are costly, to the tune of $100 billion a year in the U.S., according to one study. The tests claim to predict a worker's "fit" with the job and corporate culture--thereby increasing chances that the hire will stick. (H-P, of course, may want its money back; Fiorina...
...Reuker's eponymous boutique, tel: (49-40) 439 3256, body-hugging jackets and sweaters are the big menswear sellers, alongside flowing skirts and blouses for the ladies. Traditionalists can meanwhile satiate their appetite for British-style men's suits at Herr von Eden, tel: (49-40) 439 0057, or nip across to Recession by Marla, tel: (49-40) 1801 8970, which specializes in flapper fashions and a bountiful selection of fishnets from the roaring...
...going to be thinking great thoughts. GM has a three-year mission to restore its financial soundness" ... The company that once bestrode the world now has trouble paying its bills. "We wasted too much time and money, and we're finally down to the point where it's nip and tuck," says a senior GM executive. "To me, the sad part is, Couldn't we have done it any other way?" --TIME...
...Crimson’s numerous chances came largely as a result of its domination of the time of possession. Harvard’s midfielders won a majority of the airborne balls, while the Crimson backs pushed up to contest balls in the midfield and nip Rams’ offensive pushes off at the buds...