Word: robustly
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...Israel realizes the consequences as well, which is why for now it wants the U.S. and Europe to pursue robust diplomacy, backed by economic sanctions if needed, to curb Iran's nuclear program. "The economic and diplomatic leverages are there," says one Israeli diplomat, "It's only a matter of political will to bring about a different reality in Iran. There's a lot that can be done in terms of pressuring the Iranian leadership through diplomacy and economic sanctions." But if all that failed and Iran's nuclear program moved closer to a bomb, this diplomat warned, a military...
...useful to homeowners should crop up, says Robert Shiller, a Yale University economist who has been pushing the idea for 15 years. The grander vision, developed with Karl Case of Wellesley College, includes home-equity insurance. The idea is that companies will write those policies if there's a robust futures market for hedging risk. "Real estate is bigger than the stock market," says Shiller. Twenty trillion dollars big, in fact...
...lousy one. With its market share in retreat, the unit had lost nearly $1 billion in 3 1/2 years. Much of IBM's sales were in a slow-moving segment of the PC market--large shipments to major companies--and IBM hadn't fully tapped the more robust small-business and consumer markets. As a result, Lenovo's PC shipments have grown more slowly than the industry average for four of the past five quarters. That lopsided business, says William Amelio, Lenovo's CEO, makes him "feel like I'm hopping...
Asian farmers, however, have had more access to transportation, irrigation and robust regional markets in which to sell their products. (The Gates-Rockefeller initiative will start with developing markets and address the other issues later.) If there is a greater sense of optimism for Africa this time, it is at least partly because a number of African governments are taking the lead, promising to increase spending on agricultural development and earmarking money for improvements in infrastructure and research...
...Vuitton, nurturing a designer with some personal baggage. Marc Jacobs has two levels of business support: his long-term business partner, Robert Duffy, and Carcelle, who is credited with having helped Jacobs both personally and professionally, allowing him to expand his creative powers, which in turn contributes to astonishingly robust revenues at Louis Vuitton...