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...Less than two years later, Li Ning the company is still soaring. In March, Li Ning Co. reported a more than 30% rise in profit in 2009. Li Ning started his sportswear company in 1990, building it into a giant, with 2009 sales considerably more than $1 billion. With 7,249 branded stores in China, Li Ning has surpassed Adidas to become the No. 2 sports-apparel company in the country. Unlike an Adidas or a Nike, 99% of Li Ning's revenue comes from within China. But this won't be the case for long. Li Ning has signed...
...Moves to force lenders to pay up in response to the global financial blowout are gaining momentum. German officials announced plans Monday, March 22, to start taxing banks as a way of squirreling funds for any future bailouts, with details expected to come before the end of the month. U.S. President Barack Obama unveiled proposals in January for a $90 billion bank tax designed to recoup public money used to shore up the nation's lenders. No-nonsense Sweden, meanwhile, has already implemented its own version. But amid this consensus on the need to charge banks, doubts over the merit...
It’s a lesson that Brent still holds in great importance today. As an outfielder and pitcher for the Harvard baseball team, which has struggled early in the season with a 3-10 start, Brent is on the other side of the win column for the first time...
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...carbon tax had been plagued with troubles from the start - including the near refusal by rightist legislators to pass it until the Elysée whipped them into line in November 2009. A month later - just days before it was set to take effect - France's Constitutional Council struck the law down because it unlawfully applied measures to consumers while exempting French companies, by far the biggest carbon emitters. Sarkozy pledged to widen the measure to include businesses. But that only mobilized France's employers' lobby. With the voters finally having had their say, Sarkozy has decided to shelve...