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...they have him narrowed to a certain sector." That sector probably encompasses several hundred square miles along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, which is not exactly like having him cooped up in your backyard. Nor would this be the first time that hopes of bin Laden's imminent capture have risen, only to lead to disappointment. So no one, either in Washington or Afghanistan, is getting too giddy. Tracking bin Laden, the intelligence official says, is "kind of like trying to grab Jell-O before it solidifies...
...Strong Signals Swedish telecom giant Ericsson announced a quarterly profit of $19.4 million, its first since 2001. Global mobile-phone sales are estimated to have risen...
...Christian college, with 8,200 students attending its palm-tree-lined campus in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, north of Los Angeles, and seven satellite locations. Enrollment in the nation's 104 "intentionally Christ-centered colleges," as the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities calls them, has risen 27% since 1997. That's more than three times as fast as the growth at all four-year schools. A.P.U. is booming--its student population is up 53% over the same period--and it is becoming a model for how a Christian college can reinvent itself in a modern...
...market share. It bought a majority stake last year of Shu Uemura, a Japanese concern in which it owned a 35% stake. In the past decade, Western Europe's share of L'Oreal's overall sales has fallen about 12%, while the share of regions like Asia has risen more than 20%. L'Oreal also has its eye on India and Mexico. "It's a superb sales model," says Andy Smith, an analyst at Citigroup Smith Barney, of L'Oreal. "They've managed to identify all the hot spots of growth in the industry and dominate those areas...
Rose obviously wants to be reinstated both to manage again and to join his peers in Cooperstown, N.Y. Since he last managed, the salaries of top managers like Joe Torre and Dusty Baker have risen to levels Rose could only have dreamed about when he was in the dugout. Money is what makes Rose hustle, and he would dearly love to command the big money now available to managers. But how can Commissioner Selig ever trust Rose not to fall back into his old betting ways? I will be astonished if Pete ever puts on a manager's uniform again...