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...else is Ikea's strategy changing? We decided to reduce the pace of our expansion from 25 stores a year down to 15. We realized that expansion had gone a little too fast, and we needed to slow down for a while, for two or three years. And we are experimenting with bigger formats. We are now putting up our stores next to shopping centers, which we want to build ourselves...
...Japan's minister for economy, trade and industry, Kaoru Yosano, summed it up on Monday when he said, "Japan is in a very serious situation." Last month, as the nation's export-driven economy watched global demand slow down, Japan's Nikkei index fell to a 26-year low. Couple this with the appreciation of the yen - which some economists say could strengthen to an exchange rate of 80 to the dollar by the end of next year - and it's little wonder that corporate powerhouses like Toyota, Honda and Sony have seen profits dive. Royal Bank of Scotland Japan...
...bang last weekend, enduring the most challenging of conditions to finish near the top of the field at the Atlantic Coast Championships. The women’s team, sailing in Washington, DC, navigated heavy winds to place fourth, while rain, wind, and even snow couldn’t slow the co-ed squad in Geneva, N.Y., as the Crimson finished third. “We ended on an up note which is really great. I’m feeling pretty confident about what we can accomplish in the spring,” sophomore Grace Charles said. ATLANTIC COAST CHAMPIONSHIPWild weather...
...Columbia game last year, Harvard challenged itself to step things up and make the big plays it had had the potential to all season. Now it has to do exactly that again if it has any hope of beating a Yale squad that has improved tremendously since its slow start to the season.Yes, the Bulldogs are a two-Ivy-loss team with virtually no chance of winning the title, but if history’s any indication, that won’t make any difference. Yale won’t let Harvard get away with the mental lapses?...
...thousands of dollars in legal fees. In most states, a tenured teacher can't be dismisssed until charges are filed and months of evaluations, hearings and appeals have occurred. Meanwhile, school districts must shell out thousands of dollars for paid leave and subsitute instructors. The system is deliberately slow and cumbersome, in order to dissuade school boards and parents from ousting a teacher for personal or political motives...