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That helps explain why sales of riding mowers are soaring. Shipments in the $3 billion market were up 11% last year, according to the Outdoor Power Equipment Industry association, double the growth rate of the broader mower segment. Zero-turn models, which facilitate cutting around trees and flower beds, have proved especially popular, and dealers report brisk sales of $3,000-plus premium models. That's good news for retailers and manufacturers, given that profit margins on pricier models tend to be higher than on budget versions. Those trends helped prompt Kubota, a Japanese brand, to launch its first...
Russel Pergament's assault on New York City's ultracompetitive newspaper market is admirable for its audacity. Pergament is focusing on 18-to-34-year-olds, a segment that basically doesn't read newspapers. Last fall he launched amNewYork (circ. 209,000), a daily designed to attract the younger set by keeping news short and photos plentiful. It's free, it's small, and it's largely paid for by the Tribune Co., one of the nation's largest publishing companies. "What these kids like is fast, blather free and unbiased," he says. "Something to give them a good, comprehensive...
...while the vision sounds glorious for all that it contains, careful consideration of what it will necessarily sacrifice can mean only one thing: the end of Harvard athletics as even a semi-relevant segment of campus life...
Many of the show’s organizers also appreciated the artistic freedom provided by the non-traditional venue. Aikis Konstantankopoulos ’06, who served as co-director with Manuela L.F. Zoninsein ’05 for the “Classic Hollywood” segment, says, “It’s just fun to direct the models, to bring all these different people from Harvard together and use lights, video and sound to create something different...
...longer just about the assembly line or order entry. More and more highly skilled professionals--Wingfield has an M.B.A. and 23 years of experience--are turning to temp agencies while they struggle with a tough labor market. These accomplished workers--lawyers, accountants, engineers, biochemists--make up the fastest-growing segment of the temporary work force and account for as much as a third of the business of large temp firms. That's helped lift temp agencies, which tend to do well in a recovering economy, as companies use them to dip a toe into the hiring pool. Since April...