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...dismiss that notion as absurd, but Rodriguez echoes the concern: "Many people here fear what happened in Iraq could happen to Venezuela." Still, Rodriguez, an attorney and a classical-music lover, emphasizes that Venezuela "doesn't want price volatility" and wants to continue being the U.S.'s most reliable supplier. "There is no contradiction between a strong alliance with OPEC," he says, "and a strong relationship with our principal client...
...advantage is paying off. In May, LG launched a new mobile phone in Korea with a 2-megapixel color screen simultaneously with Samsung. In the past, LG lagged at least several months behind its competitor's phone launches, missing out on higher prices and margins. LG became the largest supplier of mobile phones last year to service provider Verizon Communications...
...research universities, the idea of markets working within companies has started to seep out into some of the nation's largest corporations. Companies from Microsoft to Eli Lilly and Hewlett-Packard are bringing the market inside, with workers trading futures contracts on such "commodities" as sales, product success and supplier behavior. The concept: a work force contains vast amounts of untapped, useful information that a market can unlock. "Markets are likely to revolutionize corporate forecasting and decision making," says Robin Hanson, an economist at George Mason University, in Virginia, who has researched and developed markets. "Strategic decisions, such as mergers...
...both bureaucracies to work longer hours. "They're not spending because of need, but because they have the tax revenue," fumes Vergnaud. The pressure on governments to revamp their tax policies isn't just coming from activists. In a key ruling last September in a case involving Dutch automotive supplier Bosal, the European Court of Justice argued that national tax rules must treat business costs relating to investments elsewhere in the E.U. the same way they are treated at home. That decision gives tax authorities across Europe little choice but to overhaul their tax laws, which have traditionally taxed national...
...advantage is paying off. In May, LG launched a new mobile phone in Korea with a 2-megapixel color screen simultaneously with Samsung. In the past, LG lagged at least several months behind its competitor's phone launches, missing out on higher prices and margins. LG became the largest supplier of mobile phones last year to service provider Verizon Communications...