Word: profitability
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...Edge, in its F-150 pickup and in a global restructuring that will bring the best products from its overseas operations to the U.S. If there are new labor contracts in place, the domestic automakers also stand to be cost-competitive with the transplants, which will translate to more profit per car, even if selling smaller cars means fewer sales dollars...
...selling shoe brand in Italy, and GEOX is a rising star in the global marketplace. Between 2001 and 2008, the company's net sales increased from $195 million to $1.2 billion. Profits jumped from $9.5 million to $163 million. More recently, however, GEOX hasn't escaped the slowdown. After a decade of double-digit annual profit growth, net income flattened out in 2008. The stock has dropped 54% over the past year. "At the moment, the shoes business is very difficult," says Polegato. "I believe, however, that GEOX is in a great situation, because we can mix technology and style...
...cheap loans to investors to purchase bank loans on which borrowers are behind or at risk of default. The plan would put needed cash into the hands of the banks. And on the surface it looks like it could produce sizeable returns for investors, as well as a smaller profit for the government...
...such technologies, Harvard must retain the right to grant licenses directly to NGOs and not-for-profit organizations to practice Harvard’s patent rights to develop and manufacture products for humanitarian distribution in developing countries. Contrary to what was stated in the editorial on Mar. 1, the reservation of academic research rights is a non-negotiable term of every exclusive license granted by Harvard...
Naturally, this proposal would not meet with universal approval, especially since students are not the only customers to whom these restaurants cater. Restaurateurs argue that such a policy would be unfair and harm the local economy by pushing out profitable business. Lawmakers, however, must adopt a longer-term view. In 2000, the cost of treating diseases resulting from obesity—measured in insurance costs, Medicare, and Medicaid—came to the grand sum of $117 billion. These are costs that come back to affect all Americans in the form of rising insurance premiums and a struggling health-care...