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...make a small portion of the overall profit,” Kim said. “The amount the tournament grosses is out of this world...
...single sided sheets. The University, or perhaps the Undergraduate Council, should buy extra high-volume hopper-fed photocopiers, which the students could use to make their own copies of the sourcebook material, in a way that legally exempts them from paying copyright. Whoever provides the copiers is likely profit handsomely in the process...
...disgusted by the perpetual shell games perpetrated on hardworking Americans by a venal, corrupt political system infused by the taint of corporate money. That the elite can profit while the rest of us must scurry for protection, with no help from our government, is outrageous. The idea that we have chosen to deregulate business through our own elections is nonsense! What has happened is that corporate money has influenced our politicians more than the votes of ordinary people. Until strong campaign-finance reform is enacted, the perfidy of "the best government money can buy" will continue. PHILIP A. STAHL Colorado...
...which is called the Phaeton and will be officially unveiled at the Geneva motor show next month. The brainchild of VW CEO Ferdinand Piëch, the Phaeton represents the company's latest attempt to move the brand up-market away from commodity car-making and into the profit zone long dominated by Mercedes and BMW. But it's a huge gamble for a company whose very name means People's Car. "The question is, will a customer want to pay that amount of money for a Volkswagen when you can have cars that already have a brand image such...
...British Airways just before the airline announced its first annual loss since privatization. A dedicated cricketer, Eddington reached a sort of détente with bitter B.A. rival Richard Branson of Virgin Atlantic by joining the Virgin side for a match in Oxfordshire. (They won.) To claw back to profitability, he sold off no-frills subsidiary Go for a nice profit, and reduced the airline's overall capacity while offering more perks to high-margin, business-class flyers, most notably on the vital U.S.-bound routes...