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...authors give seven (of course!) common failure patterns, and they are not shy about listing the corporate Hall of Shame. The misbegotten strategies include Staying the (Misguided) Course (Kodak); Misjudged Adjacencies (Oglebay Norton); and Fumbling Technology (Iridium). But most relevant to the current Wall Street subprime crisis is the Green Tree Financial Corp. debacle. The firm made trailer-home ownership more accessible to low- and middle-income consumers. At its pinnacle, the company financed more than 40% of trailer homes, many with mortgages for people with bad credit. In 1998, Green Tree was bought by Conseco for a hefty...
...time you’ve been defeated by an opponent seven straight times, you start to get a little bitter,’’ Tavani said...
While its 24-17 victory over winless Penn last week may not have been indicative of its typical display of offensive running firepower, Lafayette nonetheless enters Saturday’s game with a threatening offense that includes seven returning starters from the 2007 season. Senior stud tailback Maurice White has already accumulated an astonishing 402 total yards, averaging 131.7 yards a game and 6.0 yards a carry. If that isn’t impressive enough, the Leopards are stacked at the running back position. All-league fullback Joe Russo and junior backup Tyrell Coon are more than capable of filling...
Crimson inside linebacker Eric Schultz, defensive end Peter Ajayi and the rest of the defensive front seven must stop Curley, White, and Co. and force turnovers—seemingly the only weakness in Lafayette’s rushing attack. Already, Lafayette has fumbled the ball nine times and lost five of them...
Likewise, Harvard must also protect the football and avoid sloppy play in order to win. Last week in its defeat to Brown, the Crimson erred in the form of three costly fumbles, a missed extra point, and seven penalties. As a result, Coach Tim Murphy harped on protecting the football all week...