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...Office is one of several shows that should help BBC America become profitable within the next 18 months. The British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) launched BBCA five years ago to liven up the Beeb's image in the U.S., export more British culture and, since it runs ads, turn a profit. BBCA is the Beeb's low-rent cousin...
Part of the hostility may come down to sour grapes. Last year the Beeb's for-profit operations, which are separate legal entities, brought in revenues of $1.9 billion--35% higher than in 2000--and returned $249 million to the BBC's not-for-profit side. That's remarkable, considering that during the same period, many of the world's major media firms struggled with slumping ad revenues, large debt loads and expensive mergers that blew up. But the Beeb more than muddled through, and one of its biggest success stories is right here in America...
...getting noticed now." Lee says the BBC's prime-time ratings have grown 50% year over year since 2001. "When we launched, only 3 in 10 Americans heard of the BBC. That figure is now 6 in 10." He says BBCA is ahead of its target to turn a profit...
...quality of the countries' health-care systems. The Clinton Foundation has so far signed up four generic-drug companies and helped them cut production costs, reducing by one-third the price of AIDS -fighting drugs. The firms - three in India and one in South Africa - will still profit because of the high volume guaranteed by the Foundation, which is working with Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa and Tanzania (which account for one-third of the world's AIDS cases), and more than a dozen countries in the Caribbean region. Clinton spoke with TIME Europe editor ERIC POOLEY...
...Airbus 330-200 or Boeing's 20-year-old 767--a bottom-line factor that drives nearly every airline's purchasing decisions. The plane will also have more cargo space than its rivals, no small advantage given that on some flights, the cargo hold is where the only profit is. Airbus spokesman Clay McConnell counters that there already is such an economical plane flying. "By launching the 7E7, Boeing is acknowledging just how good our 330-200 plane really is," he says...