Word: quits
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Even the big teams see the sense in that. FIA rules allow for up to 12 teams, with each running two cars. But escalating budgets have forced smaller teams to quit in recent years. When U.K.-based Super Aguri pulled out last May, it left just 10 teams on the grid. If more quit, the FIA worries, the sport could cease to be credible. "All teams realize that losing another [team] would do great damage to Formula One overall," says a leading adviser to several teams and manufacturers. Says Christian Horner, team principal at Red Bull Racing, an independent team...
...Harmonix announced plans for a Beatles video game in the vein of the tremendously popular “Rock Band” and “Guitar Hero” games, and I couldn’t be more excited. Not only does this give me a chance to quit trying to five-star “Message in a Bottle” and “My Name is Jonas” on Expert, but the digital premiere of the greatest band ever (don’t try to argue) could be the best thing to happen to video...
...school on it. I definitely don't look down on anybody who does wear one. A lot of the guys that do wear them have had facial injuries and head injuries and it's either put the helmet on or quit riding. And then the younger guys have grown up wearing them...
...That's it? That's the bottom line. This was something I started doing because I loved doing it and I'm going to quit because I don't love doing it anymore. I don't care if it pays $15 million a year. You can do all kinds of things to make a living. If you're going to do something as dangerous as bull riding, it's got to be for more than just to make a living...
...rate derivatives, CEO Ed Clark was pilloried for leaving profit on the table. Clark, who has a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard, made the decision because he couldn't comprehend, to his satisfaction, the credit and equity products that were being traded at the firm. So he decided to quit the business--a move that kept his bank in the black while others suffered. "I'm an old-school banker," he later said. "I don't think you should do something you don't understand, hoping there's somebody at the bottom of the organization who does...