Word: profitability
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...United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites since 1979. Since then, active and consistent restoration efforts have rid most of the cathedral’s windows and stonework of grime buildup from the past centuries. In order to sustain the program, non-profit organizations like the American Friends of Chartres (AFC), based in New York, and its French counterpart, Chartres Sanctuaire du Monde (CSM), were founded to seek direct, mostly fiscal contribution to accelerate the process...
...eager for the extra set of hands. Michael Schmidt, an employment attorney in New York City, has seen an uptick in recent months in private employers calling him to find out if they can bring in unpaid interns as a way to cut costs. His answer: volunteering at for-profit companies is, legally, a no-no. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has spelled out several criteria with the goal of ensuring that internships not only provide real training but also can't be used by companies to displace regular employees. (See 10 ways your job will change...
Motorola's focus on smart phones may limit its overseas growth. The high price tags of smart phones drive profit but not necessarily volume, particularly in emerging markets. And as part of its cost cutting, the firm is all but gone from most of Africa and the Middle East...
...panel is the culmination of more than a year’s cooperation between the non-profit Indira Foundation, which initiated the effort and also provided financial support, and the Division of Social Science in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
...Letters from God, a Christian-themed inspirational drama about a kid with cancer and his Almighty pen pal. The movie earned $1,250,000 on 897 screens, way below last year's Christian semi-hit Fireproof. But Letters cost only $3 million to make, so it could turn a profit, if the faithful keep contributing to the multiplex collection plate...