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...That poses a problem for business travelers on short trips who prefer not to check bags. Standard & Poor's Baggaley talks about a "hassle factor" and says the tougher security "is likely to divert at least a small amount of business travelers." Any such defections would hurt airlines just as they have been returning to better financial shape, including U.S. carriers such as Delta, which is currently in bankruptcy but reported stronger operating margins in the second quarter. Airports are facing potentially even tougher problems. Baggage handling systems are nearly overloaded in many airports, as the number of checked bags...
...into, or close to, bankruptcy and causing severe financial troubles for almost all major airlines around the globe. This time, there are grumbles aplenty, but no mass-scale defections. "Passengers are getting more used to the idea of terrorism as an ongoing threat," says Philip Baggaley, airline analyst for Standard & Poor's in New York - which did not change its ratings on any U.S. airlines after the plot disclosure. He expects passenger traffic to slow after the holiday season, but says it will be hard to tell how much of that is due to security concerns, and how much...
...Both Enderle and Shim consider the recall to have been well handled. Shim points to Dell's buoyant stock price as an indicator of public support. Enderle indicates the easy-to-use website as an example of how Dell is "setting a standard for how things should work during a recall...
...this, and it's because I've learned. I built the first wearable [insulin] pumps, and people, including doctors, said, "They'll never let people out of the hospital, walking around getting drugs," and it went from "they'll never allow this to happen" to now its the standard of care. How many diabetics are out there that don't want to make sure they get good control [of their blood sugar] all the time. And it goes, again, from being indefensible to being indispensable...
...Evangelist is believed to have written the Book of Revelation also enriched their understanding of Scripture. But not all of their journey was religious. "We also took a five-day Mediterranean cruise to Mykonos, Ephesus, Crete and Santorini," says Ron, 65, "and all of that was pretty much standard tourist stuff...