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...beverage conglomerate Diageo, which last week announced mixed financial results; it made $3.3 billion in operating profits for fiscal year 2004 which, if not for "exceptional items," would be down from the previous year. Some of its best-known brands - including Tanqueray, Jose Cuervo and J&B - are relatively stagnant. But the famous stout is fighting back by growing in markets like North America and Africa. Michael Bleakley, a beverage industry analyst with Credit Suisse First Boston in London, says of Guinness's global reach: "Everyone used to think that Heineken was the Coca-Cola of beers, but Guinness...
Reagan had his own plan. When he asked the voters whether they were better off than they had been four years earlier, he was aiming at a continuing phenomenon known as stagflation, an inflation that had climbed to 13.5% in Carter's last year while the economy remained stagnant. The new Congress gave the new President what he most wanted, a 25% tax cut over three years and a $35 billion cut in the budget. At a time when many economists were arguing that America would just have to learn to live with 10% inflation annually, Reagan reappointed inflation fighter...
...loss to Dartmouth, everything fell apart as the Big Green’s receivers snared pass after impossible pass. Schires gave way to a still-injured Fitzpatrick with the offense woefully underperforming in the second half, but not even he could resurrect the stagnant unit from its lifelessness. In the process, Fitzpatrick reinjured the hand that had kept him sidelined, forcing him out of the huddle for another week...
...Notebook is a case in point, a film based on the best-selling novel by Nicholas Sparks, which treads some very familiar, almost stagnant waters. The clichés abound in force—the rich girl falls for the poor boy during a passionate summer romance. Cue parental disapproval, separation, the introduction of a romantic obstacle in the form of a third party, lather, rinse and repeat. It’s the Hallmark card of romance novels—the love between country boy Noah and wealthy WASP Allie is just too precious for words. Diabetics beware: the novel...
...talk, he takes 90 minutes of questions. The main issue seems to be the security situation over the coming months, as U.N. forces are wound down. Alkatiri is also asked to explain himself over corruption allegations brought by U.S. company Oceanic Explorations. With a stagnant economy, students want to be told there will be jobs for them when they graduate. "You have to be creative," the P.M. urges. "Design your own jobs." Later, Alkatiri tells Time his country will not follow the example of resource-rich neighbors that have squandered their wealth or been strangled by corruption: "Without a strong...