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...than any other foreign joint venture in the first quarter, according to Singapore's AutoAsia, an automotive data company. In fact, with a compounded annual revenue growth of 20% over the past five years, Hyundai has been the world's fastest-growing major automaker since 1999, according to Lehman Bros. Hyundai is "putting pressure on everybody," says Rob Hinchliffe, an auto analyst at UBS. Even Toyota vice chairman Fujio Cho last year acknowledged the blur that is getting bigger in his rearview mirror: "Hyundai has quality and prices that have caught customers' attention, not to mention ours...
...less than a comparable Toyota or Honda in the U.S., but with rising labor costs and a weaker dollar, Hyundai must persuade customers to pay more so that profits keep growing. Last year Hyundai's earnings edged up a mere 2% while sales grew 10%. Lehman Bros. auto analyst Zayong Koo says, "They need to show a track record of good-quality cars in order for them to take that next step and raise pricing...
Cowboy Troy's debut album, Loco Motive, was just released on the Muzik Mafia's Warner Bros. imprint, Raybaw (red and yellow, black and white) Records. Says Troy: "I'm rapping over pedal-steel guitar, lap steel, Dobro, fiddle and other country instruments. In the Muzik Mafia we call it hick-hop, and we think its time has come. Country is ready to expand its boundaries." There are signs he may be right. Nelly and Tim McGraw recently had a hit with the style-mixing duet Over and Over, Jack White of the White Stripes produced a Grammy-winning album...
This Tasmanian dreamboat used to rail at his swashbuckler stardom; he thought of himself as a character actor trapped in a leading man's body, and he ached to play serioso parts. But the bosses at Warner Bros. were no dopes; they knew that Flynn's roguish presence was made to add luster to grand escapades like Captain Blood and The Sea Hawk. Even George Custer could be a hero when Flynn played him, in They Died with Their Boots On. This handsome five-movie collection includes a fine documentary, The Adventures of Errol Flynn, that comes close to capturing...
...small, high-quality panels found in cell phones, car navigation systems, and hand-held game players like Sony's PSP and Nintendo's DS. This strategy has enabled Sharp to withstand the margin pressure that's ravaging its rivals. Sharp's small-panel market, says Lehman Bros. analyst Yuki Sugi, is particularly lucrative, as its clients tend to place long-term orders for highly specialized, high-margin goods. Similarly, at the other end of the spectrum, Sharp has profited richly by being the first company to bring extra-large LCD TVs to market: it rolled out a 45-in. model...