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...marriage seems like an uncharacteristic risk, but perhaps a necessary one. Many of GE's divisions--plastics, power turbines, insurance--are faltering in the weak business climate. The company missed its storied, double-digit annual growth last year and may again this year; the stock has been halved from its high of $60 in 2000. Back in 1986, CEO Jack Welch diversified with a similarly risky move--by acquiring NBC. It paid off; NBC's profits surged 20% for the first half of this year, ahead of every other group save one. The merger, says Wright, shouldn't slow profit...
GIVEN THAT NO SIGNIFICANT STOCKS OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION (WMD) HAVE BEEN FOUND, SHOULD THE COUNCIL, OR YOU, FEEL VINDICATED? Most of the member states felt that the case for war was weak. In the absence of weapons of mass destruction, I think the case is weakened further...
...many people in the World Trade Center and abroad, I do it not in spite of, or as a matter aside from, but precisely because of my religion, Islam. Despite popular perception, Islam preaches peace. As prophet Muhammed said, “Never kill a woman, a weak infant, or a debilitated old person; nor burn palms, uproot trees, or pull down houses.” Thus, before even the Western theory of just war was born, Prophet Muhammed prohibited the killing of innocent civilians and even plants...
...hopeful Howard Dean proved he had more backbone than most mainstream Democrats. “What I want to know is what in the world so many Democrats are doing supporting the President’s unilateral intervention in Iraq,” he belted. And ever since, the weak-kneed centrists in the Democratic Leadership Council have tried to shut him up. After all, say Al Frum, John Kerry and Joe Lieberman, taking a stance against the President’s foreign policy demonstrates weakness abroad, and weakness doesn’t sit well with post-9/11 swing...
...wasn’t a weak loss,” Moran said. “It was definitely a solid loss to a top team...