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...with 1:46 left, and following a timeout, McGeary was able to pick off a Christensen pass. Just 21 seconds later, Housman hit his three. Over the course of the game, it was clear: as went Housman, so went the Crimson.As Housman broke out of his offensive slump, Harvard followed suit, with the point guard leading his team down the stretch.“Housman is a key for us,” Amaker said. “If we’re not getting the kind of play that he is capable of we may not be as good...
...Nestle's sales. He has gobbled up companies including Dreyer's ice cream, Chef America and, biggest of all, the pet-food company Ralston Purina. Some analysts have questioned whether Brabeck is paying too much for his conquests and taking on too much debt amid a global slump that is lingering longer than expected. But at the same time, Brabeck has moved to boost profitability by closing dozens of creaky factories, ditching low-margin operations such as cocoa-and tomato-processing plants and improving productivity. Under his leadership, the company has cut manufacturing costs by $2.8 billion, and more savings...
Amid a global slump for full-service airlines, with U.S. and European carriers going bankrupt and slashing staff, flights and passenger amenities, Singapore Air is flying resolutely and profitably against the wind. It is bringing its fine wines--and its lobster thermidor, its flat-opening sleeper seats and its famous Singapore Girls--to an airport near you. SIA's recent expansion to 45 U.S. flights a week is great news for the cadre of U.S. business travelers who can pay extra to fly what many consider the world's best airline. But it's a blow to the likes...
Even a month ago, the global economy seemed poised to weather the U.S. sub-prime crisis with relative aplomb. But, suddenly, something approaching panic has gripped the world's financial community. The headlines are grim. The U.S. housing slump is worsening. Banking giants such as Merrill Lynch and Citigroup are posting record losses. The U.S. dollar is getting pounded by the British pound - and virtually every other currency. Oil has run up as high as $98 per bbl., and gold - the traditional doomsday investment - has topped $800, its highest level since the early 1980s...
...older director's." Perhaps that's why people have been wondering if he'd gone into early retirement. The director of such indelible movies as The Godfather and Apocalypse Now hasn't put out a film in 10 years and has been, by his own admission, in a creative slump for 25. So now he's changing tactics: since he couldn't scramble out of the ditch going forward, he's trying reverse. For his next film, the aptly titled Youth Without Youth, Coppola, 68, returned to a stage of his career he feels ended prematurely: the beginning...