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...little automakers are expected to do about fuel prices. And it's unlikely that cheap gas really bothers the industry, since the most gas-gorging SUVs have had huge profit margins. Until the recent economic slump and the new era of 0% financing, buyers were willing to pay a premium for autos that aren't very difficult to build. "Take a normal sedan or truck, and just whoosh--blow some air into it--and add a little dimension off the ground," says Nissan's Hirshberg, who designed the Pathfinder. Manufacturers generally make 15% to 20% in profit...
...show's premise from him until the last minute. "The day before I left for France, I signed confidentiality papers which said what the show was about," Marriott tells TIME. "At that point, could I really back out?" Others are concerned about the message of meanness. "There's a premium on the lowest common denominator of human relationships," says James Steyer, author of The Other Parent: The Inside Story of the Media's Effect on Our Children. "It's often women degrading themselves. I don't want my 9-year-old thinking that's the way girls should behave...
...That translates into less than 12¢ an hour for the workers who pick and process the beans. Companies that are fair-trade certified buy coffee directly from farmers at set prices that allow them to pay their workers a living wage. And the java matches the taste of other premium beans...
BOESEL: I think we saw the low in the market last October. But I am not willing to say that we are back in a bull market. There's another difficult year ahead. We are putting a premium on companies that have good yields currently, that are selling at value prices and where the expectation is for dividend growth. In that category, you have to have General Electric [3.3%]. It's raised its dividend every year. We also like Procter & Gamble [1.9%], McDonald's [1.6%] and Home Depot [1.2%], which is a company we have not owned before in value...
...individual products or fully-fledged store sales are subject to rigid rules. In the Netherlands, for example, retailers can offer two products for the price of one as a special promotion, but Belgium only permits three for the price of two. In France, the value of a gift premium must not exceed 7% of the cost of the goods it comes with. "That means, if you buy two shirts and get a free tie, you'll only get a bad tie," says Axel Tandberg, head of government affairs at the Federation of European Direct Marketing in Brussels. Enforcement is tough...