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...Sharp Businessman Your article on Sharp Corp., Japan's hottest electronics firm, and its president, Katsuhiko Machida, showed that slow and steady wins the race [May 9]. That's exactly how Machida overtook Sharp's rivals Sony, Matsushita and Samsung. When Machida was running Sharp's television business in the 1980s, the company was struggling and most people knew nothing about him. But when Sharp brought its liquid-crystal-display TVs to the global market, it began making record profits. To be the best, a company has to have sound knowledge about market demand, design and manufacturing?plus technological strengths...
...sprint, Cal overtook Princeton, while Radcliffe fended off the charging Virginia boat. The Golden Bears won in a time of 6:20.74, the Tigers were second in 6:22.80, half a length back, but only two seats on Radcliffe, which was clocked...
...count on the Republicans to do whatever it takes to win. Laurent de Wilde Paris Sharp Businessman Your article on the sharp corp., Japan's hottest electronics firm, and its president, Katsuhiko Machida, showed that slow and steady wins the race [May 9]. That's exactly how Machida overtook Sharp's rivals Sony, Matsushita and Samsung. When Machida was running Sharp's television business in the 1980s, the company was struggling, and most people knew nothing about him. But when Sharp brought its liquid-crystal-display TVs to the global market, it began making record profits. To be the best...
...sprint, Cal overtook Princeton, while Radcliffe fended off the charging Virginia boat. The Golden Bears won in a time of 6:20.74, the Tigers were second in 6:22.80, half a length back, but only two seats on Radcliffe, which was clocked...
...been steadily gaining on Coke. Using a brash advertising campaign built around the "Pepsi Challenge" slogan, the rival cola was becoming increasingly popular with younger drinkers, who seemed to prefer its sweetness to the crisper taste of Coke. The inroads were largest in supermarkets, where Pepsi in 1977 actually overtook Coke in sales. Because of its dominance in the fountain and vending-machine trade, however, Coke still holds an overall 22% to 19% edge. Each point represents about $200 million in sales...