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...cell-phone users for online content--helped hatch Japan's mobile-Internet industry. In Japan, 57 million connect to the Internet on their cell phones, more than in any other country. Cybird subscriptions have jumped 55%, to 7.3 million, in the past six months; the firm turned its first profit on sales of $60 million in the fiscal year through March...
...first 18 months. That had never been done before." Of course, fast results aren't always the kind you want, Mellor says, explaining her choice of China over India for producing that C.T. component: "It's a great example of not making the short-term play for a higher profit margin." Class dismissed. --By Jyoti Thottam/Milwaukee
...Microsoft in 1994 when he started what has become the Web's biggest travel agency. The site is battling, in the marketplace and among regulators, against Orbitz, which is owned by a group of major airlines. And so far Expedia has outhustled the newcomer, mainly by vastly improving its profit margins on hotel bookings. It also inked a deal with Ticketmaster and bought a custom-vacation wholesaler as well as an off-line business-travel agency. Already the top site in Britain and France, Expedia says it will invade Asia next year. --By Julie Rawe. With reporting by Nathan Thornburgh/Seattle
...you’re running a non-profit, you can’t run it into the ground,” he said. “What we’re going to have to do is hold the line on financial...
Root's message is not that foreign investment isn't worth trying. His survey focused on reported foreign operating profits, a figure that doesn't account for the potential cost saving and intangible benefits (like R.-and-D. expertise) that multinationals can derive from global sourcing and manufacturing. In fact, companies that increase foreign sales and profit at a sustained and healthy clip (at least 8% annually) yielded superior shareholder rewards. From 1995 to 2000, their stocks delivered compound annual growth of 36%, vs. 21% for the Standard & Poor's 500 index...