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...understand the software business," says analyst Gikas. The blunder led to more than $400 million in losses and cost then CEO Jill Barad, who had revived Barbie, her job. Under CEO Robert Eckert, Mattel got back to building basic brands like Barbie and Hot Wheels. But Barbie's sales slump--domestically down 21% this year through September--may also be a victim of kids growing older at younger ages. Barbie has been badly rattled by Bratz, a line of hip, trendy dolls launched in 2001 by MGA Entertainment. Mattel's turnaround plan for Barbie has entailed everything from a breakup...
...heard people talking about the sophomore slump last year, but I never really believed it,” she says. “I’ve definitely found how I can contribute...
...SLUMP By Akira Toriyama Adored and massively popular manga from Akira Toriyama, the creator of DRAGON BALL, Dr. Slump is a madcap, episodic series about a blustering inventor who creates the "perfect" android girl, only to discover that he may have created a monster instead...
...1990s, that wasn't self-evident. The collapse of the Soviet Union was accompanied by a slide in Russian oil production, from a peak of almost 11 million bbl. per day in 1987 to just 6 million in 1996. Yukos blazed the trail - and helped reverse the oil slump - by investing heavily in existing fields in Siberia, bringing in Western technology and dozens of American and other experienced foreign managers. Partnering with Schlumberger, a U.S.-based oil-field-services company, Yukos became the biggest Russian player, accounting for 20% of total production. At a presentation at a Lehman Bros. energy...
...1990s, that wasn't self-evident. The collapse of the Soviet Union was accompanied by a slide in Russian oil production, from a peak of almost 11 million bbl. per day in 1987 to just 6 million in 1996. Yukos blazed the trail--and helped reverse the oil slump--by investing heavily in existing fields in Siberia, bringing in Western technology and dozens of American and other experienced foreign managers. Partnering with Schlumberger, a U.S.-based oil-field-services company, Yukos became the biggest Russian player, accounting for 20% of total production. At a presentation at a Lehman Bros. energy...