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...ourselves and on people we know. While brainstorming over drinks, though, we realized that to conform to popular conceptions of Harvardians—and we are unabashedly aiming for a mass market with our book—our hero-students would have to be a lot more ostentatiously smart and accomplished than we are. It would be useful, for instance, if they knew Latin, and also kung fu. These are not accomplishments any of us possess. The more self-consciously Harvard we made our characters, the farther they departed from us and from people we knew...
...which will pull 1.3 million Mercedes-Benz cars worldwide back into the garage because of problems with voltage regulators, faulty software and defective braking systems in some models. They attacked him because Daimler announced it would take a €1.2 billion charge in 2005 to restructure its struggling Smart mini-car unit, which hasn't made a profit since its 1998 launch. And they attacked him for what Thomas Maier, fund manager at Union Investment - Germany's third largest investment fund, which holds some 500 million euros' worth of Daimler shares - called "serious management mistakes." In the U.S., Moody...
...appointed Eckhard Cordes, his point man on the 1998 merger with Chrysler, as CEO of Mercedes with clear orders to clean things up fast. And there was good news on other fronts. Schrempp said he expects the Smart division to break even in 2007 and that, despite the huge restructuring charge, Daimler's 2005 operating earnings will still top the j5.8 billion it earned in 2004. Some Daimler divisions have proven it's possible to turn the corner, as have other carmakers. Overall, conditions are tough, though. The industry is plagued by overcapacity and price wars. PriceWaterhouse- Coopers estimates that...
That’s because of a rock-solid rotation, held down by juniors Jackie Adelfio (2.47 ERA) and Megan Ivey (2.54 ERA). Neither hurler is the type to blow hitters away, but both are smart and efficient and keep the opposition off-balance...
...She’s our leadoff hitter, our threat on the bases,” Allard said. “We can generate a lot of offense from her. She reads the defense really well. She’s a very smart player. Nobody wants to walk...