Word: smarts
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...something that we can say, ‘We’ve got all the information, here’s the plan, let’s go forward,’” Vautin said. “This has to be continually adapted to be smart...
...China's Hong Kong-owned factories, which employ 10 million people, could be shut down by early next year. That's a big concern to government officials, who will be hard-pressed to cope with a growing army of newly unemployed migrant workers. When Hong Kong toymaker Smart Union abruptly closed its doors in mid-October, hundreds of angry ex-employees crowded outside its shuttered factory in Guangdong province demanding unpaid wages. Says Lau: "I worry that the situation can't be improved...
...free-market democracies. The U.S. and the world have seen worse times, and this one too will pass, pessimists and naysayers notwithstanding. To predict "the end of the American era," as Michael Elliott does, is both premature and foolish. The U.S. still has a huge population of highly educated, smart and hard-working people who continue to excel in innovation and industry. Readers who live outside the U.S., as I do, have only to look around them to see how American products and culture have influenced their life. That is not about to change in a hurry. Bhupi Singh, Adelaide...
...Another link with the past is Wayne Golding, who bluffed his way into the art room in 1984 and rose to become the company's chief copywriter. Convinced Mambo was dying under Gazal, he left the fold for 14 months but is now back, a wise head in a smart young team. "To many at Gazal, Mambo could have been a breakfast cereal or a box of dog biscuits," says Golding. "There was a failure to appreciate that we were at the élite end of the hard-core surf market." The brand hadn't moved with the times, persisting...
...smart strategy for building a solid majority: there are now 47 Blue Dogs in her caucus--about 20% of House Democrats. But Pelosi will have to decide whether to try to use her leash. At some point, those Blue Dogs are going to bark...