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...long plan to boost its margins, Cadbury has an earnings potential that looks healthy. Having spun off its troublesome drinks business in 2008, it saw its profits and margins both rise in the first half of this year. Nor is there much concern about Kraft's being able to pull off such a merger. Deals involving a large firm's acquisition of a significantly smaller one - revenues at Kraft are more than four times those of Cadbury - are "the deals that have tended to work," says Martin Deboo, an analyst at Investec Securities in London. "It makes perfect sense...
...causes fluctuations in fish stocks until it passes a threshold, at which point there are simply too few fish left to bring back the population, even if fishing completely ceases. And even in financial markets, sudden collapses tend to be preceded by heightened trading volatility - a good sign to pull your money out of the market. "Heart attacks, algae blooms in lakes, epileptic attacks - every one shows this type of change," says Carpenter. "It's remarkable." (See TIME's video: "Climate Central: Vanishing Salt Marshes...
...reflects the success of such half-breeds. After being assigned to assist in relocating 2 million alien refugees from their city slum to a distant concentration camp, Wikus van de Merwe (the impressive Sharlto Copley) is forced to help the aliens escape the planet. With the same seemingly magnetic pull of District 9—the aforementioned slum on the outskirts of Johannesburg—the movie deftly draws the audience in with conflicting tales of message and mayhem. This is not, however, an easily struck balance. While the action is terrific and the drama is top shelf, each...
...opportunity to use Harvard’s biggest resource—its people—to help promote and showcase unsigned bands like her own. Harvardwood, looking to expand its reach beyond Hollywood and film, was only too willing to help.For the next six months, Furst worked tirelessly to pull the music festival together. Looking specifically to create an event that would attract a wide range of young alums not necessarily involved in the music scene, it was important that Furst pick the right venue. Tenjune, a pricey nightspot in the meatpacking district, was just the kind of club...
...sound like an exploration of the most basic building blocks of pop songs. It’s reverse engineering with little concern for polish or production quality. Yet while weirder bands don’t mind sounding abrasive in pursuit of something loftier, Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger manage to pull off their eccentricity with good-natured aplomb. And as unusual as their work is, the Fiery Furnaces never allow themselves to get lost amidst the smoke and mirrors of a novelty album. Even on “Charmaine Champagne”—the album’s weakest...