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...Garel Rhys, director of the Centre for Automotive Industry Research at the Cardiff Business School, is a little more positive, saying that the Mini's low-volume production is offset by BMW's positioning of it in the upper end of the mini market, against the likes of the Volkswagen Polo and the Peugeot 206, where margins are higher, around 5% to 6%, compared to about 3% in the Mini's previous sales bracket. Still, Rhys notes, "small cars mean small profits...
...owners. Nonetheless, many analysts are convinced that MG Rover - the latest in a series of automakers to be based at the nearly century-old Longbridge factory outside Birmingham, England - isn't out of the woods yet. "They have created a new company with speed and adroitness," says Garel Rhys, director of the Centre for Automotive Industry Research at Cardiff Business School. "They're making cars that dealers find easy to sell and at good margins." But while Rhys thinks the company can become profitable and remain strong for six to seven years, he says after that it will need...
...area in front of Massachusetts Hall, which has become known by the protesters as “Justice Avenue,” “Unity Boulevard” and “1025 Mass. Ave.” It has town meetings and its own self-styled mayor, Rhys Burmann...
Which brings us to Sophie Rhys-Jones. The last few weeks have been no fairy tale for Queen Elizabeth's newest daughter-in-law. She had her own public relations business before she married Prince Edward in 1999 to become H.R.H. the Countess of Wessex. She seemed perfect for the post-Diana media fishbowl--a p.r. executive with stage presence, delighted to be part of the Firm instead of throwing acid on it. Then Sophie fell for the oldest trick in the tabloid book...
Once upon a time, there was an overly ambitious p.r. exec named SOPHIE WESSEX (alias Sophie Rhys-Jones, alias Countess of Wessex, a.k.a. wife of Prince Edward). One evening she met a handsome Arab, whom the Countess charmed so he would live happily ever after as her client. Alas for her! Her future intended (client) was actually white-robed undercover reporter Mazher Mahmood, hired by the ruthless press baron Rupert Murdoch to tape their talk. The villain offered Sophie a choice: have a deeply personal chat with the News of the World, and the tapes would be hers. Or else...