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...company's profitability. Cost inflation of close to 10% in 2008 means each bag of chips has cost Pepsi more to produce, even as belt-tightening consumers resist paying more for their food. Earlier this year, skyrocketing prices for corn, rice, wheat, vegetable oils and other key ingredients further added to core expenses, shrinking Pepsi's margins. Even packaging and delivery costs have risen. In response, CEO Indra Nooyi recently announced that the company would lay off 3,300 of its 185,000 workers and close six manufacturing plants, after failing to satisfy analysts' performance expectations. Coke has been less...
...even more potent quotient: the Obama effect - that quality whereby the more you get to know a politician, the more you like and trust him or her. This likability and perceived trustworthiness continue to grow over time. Across the board, Obama's ratings have steadily increased with key groups that had been cool toward him before. Likewise, regarding key questions - like, Whom do you trust to improve the economy, be Commander in Chief, handle taxes or handle the housing crisis? - Obama leads McCain in recent polls. Obama endures. He grows on you. He has time on his side...
...This is fairly low-key. Everyone’s actually talking as opposed to mashing up against each other,” says Jennifer...
...opened up lanes for herself with sharp turns around aggressive Columbia defenders. “I think that all our forwards have really improved in the last stretch here,” co-captain Nikki Rhodes said. “[Christina’s] come up huge in some key moments. I think it was just a matter of time.” In the 26th minute, Hagner scored to put Harvard up 1-0. The goal-scoring sequence started when the Crimson knocked a corner kick into the box. The Lions defense deflected a Harvard shot, but senior Rachel...
However, according to Sager, one of the Crimson’s key defensive players, his team has what it takes to deal with the extra demands...