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...allowing it to undersell all its competitors. It invests in technology but only buys the software and hardware that will improve productivity, preferring to let other companies jump on faddish technology bandwagons. Case in point: Wal-Mart waited longer than just about every retailer in the country to launch its website, thereby avoiding millions of dollars in losses in a fruitless attempt to compete for miniscule sales. It’s no wonder that some of the best run companies in retailing, from Amazon.com to Costco, got where they are today by emulating Wal-Mart’s success...
When it comes to America's troubled airlines, every cloud is diligently searched for its silver lining. And so the FAA has found one for the post-9/11 air travel slowdown: It has given the agency time to launch plans for new runways and better airports. Still, the effect on commercial flying has been devastating. Airlines lost about $7 billion in 2001, even after receiving a federal bailout of $5 billion, and passenger demand is expected to plunge by as much as 12 percent through...
Person of the Week OFFSIDE Dicey finances, hints of bribery, a financial collapse?FIFA president Sepp Blatter might have done well at Enron. Though he says all's well with football's ruling body, many in the sport see the launch of an internal investigation into FIFA's finances as tantamount to a yellow card for Blatter...
...modern Russia, allegations like those exchanged last week are intended as warnings. Each side is signaling a willingness to use the compromising material at its disposal. Why Berezovsky has chosen this particular moment to launch his attack is still a mystery: he may have felt the need to remind Moscow of his presence, or he may be responding to some perceived but as yet unpublished threat from the Putin administration. In any case, his message is clear to those in the know: Keep up the pressure, and my memory will become less selective...
Leahy said in an interview yesterday that the libraries’ budgets are currently strained as it is preparing for the launch of a new Hollis cataloging system this summer, dealing with the ongoing renovations to Widener Library and automating the Yenching Library’s circulation system...