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...become cutthroat. The three firms have jostled for shelf space for three decades, but in the past they relied on different marketing niches with limited overlap. Market leader Gillette, with $3.4 billion in annual razor and blade sales, has put its recent emphasis on reusable razors that require pricey blades, for example, while Bic has banked on cheap disposable ones. But now they're on a collision course, as all three begin marketing disposable three-blade razors. Schick's Xtreme 3 was the first to arrive on the market several months ago. The Gillette Sensor 3 and Bic Comfort...
...pricey car, Rodriguez says, is part of his personal philosophy to reconcile respect for others with his own desire to indulge—an ethos he dubs “compassionate hedonism.” “As long as you don’t hurt anyone else,” he advises, “do what you always dreamed of.” Rodriguez first dreamed of purchasing a Porsche 10 years ago when an ex-boyfriend bought one. Over the past year, he wrestled with the idea, and finally surrendered during January. Auspicious timing helped...
Although his comment has resulted in criticism, Summers may have been unwittingly on target. After all, what is Harvard but a pricey sleepaway camp? There are games (Beirut, not cat’s cradle), mystery culinary concoctions and classes in Printmaking and Trees. But Larry need not fear for the academic lives of Harvard students—there may still be hope. When asked for a comment, former Boy Scout camp counselor Clay T. Capp ’06 said, “I don’t have time to talk right now—I have...
Remember when hand-held computer gadgets were cool? When strangers on a bus would cast envious--or at least curious--glances at geeks and road warriors tapping away on their Palms and Blackberries? Lately the novelty has worn thin. With look-alikes proliferating and disposable income shrinking, sales of pricey personal digital assistants (PDAs) have sagged...
...come from? The Economic theory of “signaling” proposes that potential employers, with incomplete information about job applicants, will assume graduates from a school as expensive as Harvard are particularly productive workers. But this explanation is still problematic. If employers were only looking for a pricey name, there would be no distinguishable difference between a student who attends the College and a crafty liar who buys a Harvard diploma on the Internet for $300. Don’t we gain any benefit from attending the school itself...