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Arguably the most consistent hitter for Harvard over the past two years, Mager posted a .343 average last season with 33 RBI and 11 doubles. Two years ago, he was the only starter who kept his average above .300 during a team-wide slump...
Playing next to Lopez in center field should be junior Bryan Hale. Hale struggled at the plate early last season, but decisively ended his slump with torrid hitting in the season’s final weeks. Hale blasted four homeruns in a one-week span and raised his average to .270 for the season...
What's more, at a time when most of the world's tech companies are still shuttering plants and trimming R. and D. to weather the global economic slump, Samsung is extending its reach. Bolstered by the resurgent Korean economy - which is expected to grow 3% to 6% this year after nearly collapsing during the 1997 Asian financial crisis - Samsung Electronics' worldwide revenue reached $25 billion last year...
Since the early 1990s, Samsung has led the global market in DRAM semiconductors, the memory chips that are vital to almost every digital product we use. During the current slump, as competitors like Hitachi and NEC have been backing away from the chip business, Samsung has been diving in, introducing two new lines. The company has leveraged its digital know-how to dominate the manufacturing of computer monitors and state-of-the-art flat-panel displays. This summer Samsung, in conjunction with Texas Instruments, will introduce the world's first 50-in. TV with digital light-processing technology, now used...
Throughout the current global slump, Yun has continued to invest in new processes and research. The company refined its semiconductor and liquid-crystal-display operations so effectively that traditional competition from Tokyo was upended. "Samsung is more cost effective, and its manufacturing technology is better than at companies like Sharp and Hitachi," says Shiro Mikoshiba, a Nomura Securities analyst in Tokyo. "The Japanese stopped competing two years...