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...weekend’s panels, which attracted more than 100 participants, addressed intellectual property rights, virtual classrooms, availability of Harvard’s resources online and the importance of financial profit in education...
...sagging equity prices took their toll on the unit's investment portfolio. And Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB), the investment banking side, recorded a net loss of €423 million. But in spite of the dire numbers, Mack insists that the company is on track to return to profitability in 2003. Some analysts concur. "They are addressing the right issues," says Heinrich Wiemer, an analyst at Sal. Oppenheim in Zurich. "They are trying to work out the legacies of the past." Those legacies? Badly timed investments and shortsighted management. Five years and 21 billion euros in acquisitions ago, Credit Suisse...
...watch out for By rights, this should be a bad time to launch high-end wristwatches: luxury goods are in a slump, and pricey timepieces are moving particularly slowly. And yet this fall has seen the introduction of several limited-edition pieces. Why? Because watches can command a profit margin of up to 40%, higher than most luxury products. Louis Vuitton led the pack with the $6,600 LV Cup Watch. Each watch contains 277 parts, and only 277 watches were made. Prada teamed up with IWC to produce 2,000 of the $4,400 GST Chrono-Automatic. Swiss horologists...
...bottles of malt whisky worldwide," says distillery manager Graham Eunson. "Last year we shipped over 8 million bottles - and the new capacity says we're confident we can sell a lot more." Glenmorangie, which last week announced increased U.K. market share and a 12% rise in pre-tax profit, is not the only distiller in high spirits these days. Despite a sluggish global economy, 2001 was a banner year for the Scotch whisky industry, with exports exceeding 1 billion bottles for the first time ever. "The world's love affair with whisky is far from over," says Ian Good, chairman...
...whisky has enabled the market to grow from practically zero in the 1960s, when almost all malt whisky was sold to the big blenders, to one worth $373.5 million in sales last year. "Malt whisky," says Good, "seems to attract younger, more upscale drinkers - and they also deliver wider profit margins. It's a winning combination." Although malt whisky currently represents only 5.9% of total bottled Scotch whisky sales, Good predicts its share will climb even in markets like the U.S. and Japan, where overall whisky sales have declined steadily over the past decade. "Malts and premium brands...