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...selling stylishly small automobiles all over the world - and revving up the profits at home. "The car has led a revolution of customs and consumption," Agnelli once remarked. "At the same time, it has fundamentally launched the country's economic growth." But even Agnelli's flash could not sustain a company that has been long on passion and short on the nuts-and-bolts fundamentals that determine success in today's highly competitive global car market. Although Agnelli, known to friends as "Gianni," was once the ultimate decision maker at the Turin conglomerate, his power, like his health, had waned...
Sell a buck. Save a buck. Repeat. It's that cycle of high-powered logistics engineering and nickel-squeezing huckstering that remains retailing's most potent weapon. UBS's Kristiansen sees no reason why Wal-Mart, which has trounced the Dow over the past five years, will not sustain 15% earnings growth...
...Anatoli Vlasenko, deputy director of the Caspian Research Institute of Fisheries, disputes reports of the beluga's demise. "The 90% depletion figure is a gross exaggeration on the part of the nervous media," he says. Still, the Russians have worked hard to sustain the remaining population with hatcheries and export quotas. Banning imports "would be the catalyst for a new round of poaching and illegal trade," says Armen Petrossian, head of the International Caviar Importers Association. In the U.S., the demand for beluga caviar has led not just to illegal imports of what some call black gold but also...
...both machines for one price. Soon a message went to all other stores: Open a box. Sales began to move immediately. That cycle of high-powered logistics engineering and penny-squeezing huckstering remains retailing's most potent weapon. UBS's Kristiansen sees no reason why Wal-Mart can't sustain earnings-per-share growth of 15%. Scott, who earns less than most other Fortune 500 CEOs, was leaving a store not long ago when he stopped to chat with one of the many senior citizens who work as greeters. They are a fearless lot, and the old gent teased...
While it may be an idealistic view, the owners of the land in Harvard Square have a responsibility to maintaining the integrity and distinctiveness of the neighborhood. Even if they see no intrinsic value in doing so, it seems that it might be financially beneficial to sustain property values by protecting the allure of Harvard Square...