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...business cabins, mainly by adding beds on every long-haul plane in the fleet. Despite these investments--and unlike most of its competitors--government-backed SIA is making good money. Profit of $358 million made it the second most profitable passenger airline in the world in 2001, behind only Southwest Airlines ($511 million). For the six months ending last September, the latest period reported, profit was $443 million (at least by the unique accounting standards in Singapore...
...spending seems to work its intended magic: attracting plenty of business travelers willing to pay more than what other airlines charge. SIA says it has never suffered an unprofitable year, and its unit cost--6.4¢ a seat mile--compares favorably with that of the most efficient U.S. carrier, Southwest...
Such uncertainties have affected foreign universities operating in China since Beijing opened up its higher-education sector in the 1980s. There are now 800 programs jointly run by foreign and Chinese schools, but government directives, bureaucratic red tape and other hassles make them an ongoing challenge for Western partners. Southwest University was one of the dozens whose programs were cancelled during a relicensing campaign the Ministry of Education initiated years ago. But American interest, particularly for starting business schools, remains high. "Any business school that wants to remain relevant is going to be actively involved in engaging its students...
When the swimming pools are dry and the golf courses are brown, then--and only then--will I be convinced that the people living in the Southwest are serious about resolving ecological problems. Meanwhile, we will keep on subsidizing their peccadilloes...
...transported home to improve the lot of one’s countrymen. It’s a scenario that’s difficult not to romanticize.It’s all much harder when you come from plain-and-simple Canada or, worse, from the American Midwest or Southwest or South or West or Northwest or anywhere but two cities in California and one in Illinois. Take the romance out of your place of origin, and not moving up to the big leagues is hard to justify. “I’m going to work in agricultural reform...