Word: resistency
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...year in sales. That's a power portfolio by any measure. But this year has taken a big bite out of the company's profitability. Cost inflation of close to 10% in 2008 means each bag of chips has cost Pepsi more to produce, even as belt-tightening consumers resist paying more for their food. Earlier this year, skyrocketing prices for corn, rice, wheat, vegetable oils and other key ingredients further added to core expenses, shrinking Pepsi's margins. Even packaging and delivery costs have risen. In response, CEO Indra Nooyi recently announced that the company would...
...rise to become the most influential Italian politician of his generation. At times, one sees that the former real estate and media mogul is aching to be considered a leading statesman, with all the gravitas that entails. But all too often, it seems, he just can't resist another juvenile jape...
...have otherwise gone,” he says. “Back in 1930, there was no television. There was no DVD, no cell phone with webisodes, no iPod...Movies are just one of the things that are out there, and they are not going to resist this downturn. They’re going to suffer just like anything else...
...issue approach - rather than a grand ideological transformation of the party - to manage the surge of Obama power that is preparing to hit Congress next January. They'll offer a deal on energy - most likely permitting more offshore drilling in exchange for various incentives for green energy - but resist tax hikes, a change in union voting rules or other measures that are opposed by small business...
Throughout his presidential campaign, Barack Obama pledged that, if elected, he would work to bridge the partisan divide. "Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long," he said Tuesday night in his victory speech...