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...Unfortunately, diversification campaigns by PC manufacturers often go awry. Taiwan's Acer, for example, was once a well-known computer brand, but the company has faded from prominence and struggled to make a profit despite forays into fields such as semiconductor manufacturing. By entering unfamiliar territory, Legend risks losing focus where it truly matters-PC and server sales contribute 93% of Legend's revenues. At least one industry analyst says the company's strategy has become so diffuse he no longer understands...
...night. With both parks open, Disney hopes visitors - an expected two-park total of about 17 million in the Studios' first full year - will stay an extra day and night. More time on-site means more time to spend on meals, rooms and Mickey Mouse ears. "The profit doesn't come from the theme parks," says Mark Abramson, an analyst with Bear, Stearns in London. "The profit comes from the hotels," restaurants and shops, all high-margin businesses...
...high rents and the lack of sales due to online music sharing, Day said the Cambridge branch of Other Music never made any profit and needed to be financially supported by the New York branch to stay afloat...
...pageant’s sponsors, IMPACT—a group that raises funds for children in developing nations—say that the $970 profit they earned might not make up for the amount of work that went into making Miss Harvard happen...
Goldfeld, along with two researchers from the non-profit American Refugee Committee (ARC), returned from a two-week mission to Afghanistan to treat tuberculosis among Afghani refugees last month...