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Throughout the current global slump, Yun has continued to invest in new processes and research. The company refined its semiconductor and liquid-crystal-display operations so effectively that traditional competition from Tokyo was upended. "Samsung is more cost effective, and its manufacturing technology is better than at companies like Sharp and Hitachi," says Shiro Mikoshiba, a Nomura Securities analyst in Tokyo. "The Japanese stopped competing two years...
...Pallotta infomercial; and they saw Pallotta merchandise, like books by the company's founder, all along the route. Cyclists on last year's California AIDSRide, meanwhile, were upset that only 50% of funds they raised went to fighting AIDS, with some of it spent on a fireworks display that was virtually invisible under the midday Los Angeles sun. Pallotta argues that charitable causes deserve the same marketing muscle as for-profit companies and points to the hefty $223 million it has sent to charities in its nine-year history. But the rebellion in the ranks won't go away...
Also intriguing is a book called “Alphabets” by Davidson. The book, small but defiantly shiny, consists of copper plates bound by four rings. Into each plate is carved a different alphabet; on the two visible pages, the Etruscan and Gothic alphabets are on display. Perhaps Davidson hopes to make a pregnant and theoretical statement about the transience and protean nature of alphabets, languages and the written medium in general. Either way, the book of copper plates is visually impressive...
Projected on the wall behind the stage in between bands (three bands played in all) were the Murphys’ beloved Boston Bruins engaging in hockey fights. The rowdy display of masculine aggression was mirrored by the crowd as soon as the Dropkick Murphys took the stage; mosh pits quickly formed in the center floor...
Several prints on display focused on children, and these ring with the greatest honesty perhaps because the subjects seem completely unaware of the camera’s gaze. In one striking scene, several grade schoolers labor to push a hamper up a dirtied urban avenue. Despite the squalor of the surroundings, their impish smiles and doubled-over laughter show that the activity is more of a game than a chore. In a careful composition, the children’s clothes pick up colors in the graffiti and painted residences in the background, suggesting a unity with their surroundings...