Word: profiting
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...Premier League since 1992, most fans seem unperturbed by a lack of competitiveness. Midway through a survey of thousands of supporters, Birkbeck's Chadwick says top-flight followers still consider the league "exciting and unpredictable." And financial prospects for smaller teams are brightening. More of them are now profitable, according to the Deloitte report. These days, "to be the 10th or 12th club in the best league is still good," says Chris Lee, head of Professional Sports Business at Barclays, which acts as banker for half of the Premier League's clubs. "Not all clubs are making a profit...
...family name first,” Pak said. “That’s not how he nor his family referred to him. The fact that they were doing that portrayed him as less American,” he added. The Asian American Journalists Association, a non-profit organization that seeks “fair and accurate coverage of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders,” issued a statement urging media outlets to avoid unnecessarily identifying the shooter’s race. “There is no evidence at this early point that the race or ethnicity...
...percent recycled products. FMO agreed to start with a pilot program at Eliot House using EcoSoft toilet paper. When no major opposition arose to the new brand, FMO agreed to make the switch, Shope said. EcoSoft paper products are certified by Green Seal, which is a non-profit organization that promotes “the manufacture, purchase, and use of environmentally responsible products and services,” according to its Web site. “Green Seal certified products are the default now,” said Jason W. Luke ’94, who is associate director...
InterContinental needed some attention. The company had bounced among a number of corporate owners, including Bass, the British brewer, then a successor entity called Six Continents that later busted up, leaving IHG as a publicly traded hotelier. Last year IHG earned $399 million in operating profit on sales of $1.6 billion. It has been busily selling off $1.3 billion in real estate while maintaining the management contracts. IHG returned $7.1 billion to shareholders in the past two years, but they want more: its prize properties in Paris, New York City and Rome may also go on the block...
...transition into the business world.”Ruggiero graduated cum laude from Harvard in 2004 with a B.A. in Government and released an autobiography last spring titled “Breaking the Ice.” She currently serves as the director of Project Hope, a non-profit organization run by the New York Islanders that aims to introduce children in China to hockey.Returning from “The Apprentice” to work with the Islanders and to play hockey with the U.S. National team was a welcomed move for Ruggiero, but she may not have seen...