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...among coalition partners over policy mask divisions that are even more bitter: over who will spearhead the election campaign. Doubts have grown over the past month about the leadership of Romano Prodi, 67, the former President of the European Commission chosen last year to take on Berlusconi. The recent slump in the E.U.'s popularity is bad news for Prodi, who enthusiastically pushed Italy into the euro zone during his time as Prime Minister. Since public opinion has soured on the European project, opponents would be able to exploit the perception that Europe is a failure, and use Prodi...
...sophomore slump of economics concentrator Erika R. deLone ’95-’05 arrived a few years behind schedule. “I was taking intermediate theory classes. The professors would say, ‘Remember this from Ec10?’ and for me that was 10 years...
Reputation alone may not get Wendy's through its current slump. Well before the recent troubles, sales at Wendy's restaurants had been stalled for two years, budging just 0.9% in 2003 and 2.9% last year, far below the pace set by its competitors. The culprit? A sudden burst of creativity from the big guns in the fast-food wars, McDonald's and Burger King, as well as some smart plays by smaller chains like Hardee's and KFC. For years, McDonald's and Burger King had relied on their size to generate growth, opening hundreds of new stores every...
Whether the market rises, plummets or flattens, whether it happens over one year or five, it will not undo changes that the boom has wrought in the relationship between homeowner and home. The tech crash and the market slump didn't erase the culture of stocks. Even after day-trading mania disappeared, there remained a broad class of people buying stocks and mutual funds who were more knowledgeable than they used to be about the market and more closely attuned to business news...
...Hollywood seems to be pinning its hope on the Star Wars movie to turn this box office slump around, and I think it will,” said Paul Dergarabedian, president of the Los Angeles-based film industry tracker Exhibitor Relations. “Never have we needed a Star Wars movie so badly...