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...this attention has prompted Eric Kim, 47, Samsung's savvy Korean-American marketing chief, to boldly suggest that he hopes to surpass Sony in brand recognition by 2005. Don't laugh; Sony CEO Nobuyuki Idei certainly isn't laughing. Samsung has the second most recognizable consumer-electronics brand in the world, according to Interbrand, the New York City-based consultancy. Idei has said privately that Samsung is on the verge of overtaking Sony in the consumer-products race. Graeme Bateman, head of research in Seoul for Japanese investment bank Nomura Securities, says Samsung is "no longer making poor equivalents...
...donors to float a special $25 million sex-abuse fund, looking at well-to-do lay fraternities like the Knights of Columbus for loans, and itemizing the properties in the church's rich portfolio that he can sell. Topping the list: the Archbishop's elegant residence. But press reports suggest the Boston church has been steadily selling off chunks of its stocks and bonds during the past five years to offset shortfalls in its operating expenses--the same period during which the diocese was making hefty secret payments to abuse victims...
Indeed, many CI professionals suggest that business intelligence can play a major role in the effort to prevent terrorist attacks, especially in tracking businesses or financial transactions that support terrorist groups. "A CI person might have the financial and analytical capabilities to say to the CIA, 'Have you thought about looking here?' or 'Are you looking at bank accounts in this way?'" says Ken Sawka, a former CIA analyst and a vice president of FULD & CO., a CI consultancy based in Cambridge, Mass. "When I was in the government, the guy sitting next to me didn't know...
...this attention has prompted Eric Kim, 47, Samsung's savvy Korean-American marketing chief, to boldly suggest that he hopes to surpass Sony in brand recognition by 2005. Don't laugh; Sony CEO Nobuyuki Idei certainly isn't laughing. Samsung has the second most recognizable consumer-electronics brand in the world, according to Interbrand, the New York City-based consultancy. Idei has said privately that Samsung is on the verge of overtaking Sony in the consumer-products race. Graeme Bateman, head of research in Seoul for Japanese investment bank Nomura Securities, says Samsung is "no longer making poor equivalents...
...cynic may suggest that the Academy Awards are just another publicity stunt orchestrated by that most commercial of institutions—Hollywood—in our most commercial of societies. Just look at two of the Best Picture winners over the last decade. Titanic and Gladiator are epic blockbusters that drew huge box-office revenues but are of questionable artistic merit. Even recent winners with significantly smaller budgets are hardly art-house flicks. Shakespeare In Love is little more than a sappy romance comedy in period costume, and American Beauty is a jarring but hardly-subtle expression of bourgeoisie suburban...