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Nestle's complexity, though, comes at a price. While the company's long-term growth has outstripped that of many rivals, its margins are lower; "subpar profitability" is how Morgan Stanley analyst Sylvain Massot describes it. Its stock trades at about 15 times estimated 2002 earnings, less than that of Kraft Foods, Kellogg or Hershey Foods, which all trade at price-earnings multiples of about 20. And Nestle ranks far behind Unilever, which trades at 35. Brabeck isn't fazed. "If I had run the company based on the opinion of financial analysts, it would already have been bankrupt...
...ranked running game, averaging four touchdowns and upwards of 300 yards per game, slashing through the helpless, shrieking, league-worst Lions defense, which routinely lets opponents top 250 yards rushing. Mike McLeod, who has already sewn up Ivy Player of the Year honors, had a subpar afternoon last weekend--147 yards and three touchdowns in a triple-overtime win at Penn...
...Spears is certainly not the first celebrity to be captured in a subpar performance as a parent. Alec Baldwin recently called his 11-year-old daughter a "thoughtless little pig" in a voice mail; David Hasselhoff's 17-year-old daughter videotaped him lounging drunk on the floor of his Las Vegas hotel room, rambling and trying to eat a hamburger; and Michael Jackson dangled his child out a window to show off to fans. Baldwin's custody case is still pending, but the other two men have retained custody of their children...
COMPUTER MODELING All data are fed into storm-surge models, which help predict flooding. Wind forecasts are still subpar. The average error in 2005 was 23 m.p.h., the same...
Despite being named the Ivy League’s best professional prospect by Baseball America before the 2007 season, Wilson’s choice to leave Harvard early was hardly clear-cut. His junior campaign was subpar by his standards and failed to live up to the preseason hype. Although he batted .331, he managed only three home runs and 17 RBI with a .484 slugging percentage—all career lows for the powerful right-handed hitter...