Word: turnarounds
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...this has prompted a host of foreign and domestic observers to conclude?as many have during every uptick since the early 1990s?that Japan's decisive economic turnaround has finally begun. Merrill Lynch's chief Japan economist, Jesper Koll, has gone so far as to declare in the Daily Yomiuri newspaper that the economy has reached an "inflection point." "Make no mistake," he asserts. "Japan is back...
...Hopefully this will be the day for a turnaround,” Craig said...
...reserved for twentysomething romantic comedies. We don't know what director Nigel Cole said to convince some of Britain's most beloved actresses to bare all, but he didn't just want them for their bodies. Helen Mirren is superb as Chris, the brains behind the project. In a turnaround from her reserved roles in Gosford Park and Last Orders, she's wickedly witty and absolutely radiant. As her more grounded best friend Annie, Julie Walters reins in her usual gag-a-minute cheekiness with quiet dignity, but gets some of the film's best lines: "Of course...
...jobless total to 10.4%. "What kind of upswing is it when you have increasing unemployment?" asks Ullrich Heilemann, vice president of the Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI). "The bad days may be gone but we're not in heaven yet." How do economists explain the incipient turnaround? The euro has weakened from its recent highs against the dollar, aiding big exporters like steelmaker ThyssenKrupp and electronics giant Siemens. The U.S. economy is picking up, boosting demand for imports from Europe. Interest rates are the lowest in a half-century, helping businesses finance investment. And there's even some...
...lunchtime Verber will have bought some $87,000 worth of Lanvin goods (with a retail value of about $236,000). It's a sizable amount for a brand in the midst of a turnaround like Lanvin but mere peanuts to Verber, vice president of Mercury, a Moscow-based Russian retail company that has recently become known as a savior of sorts in the fashion world. Brands like Gucci, Prada and Chanel are partnering with Mercury to open outlets in Russia, and the country is one of the few bright spots in the global economic gloom of the last few seasons...