Word: supertight
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...Thirty years ago, 3 billion people were not even participating in the world economy, and now they are trying to live like we do," he notes. That emerging megaforce, says Rogers, will put a supertight squeeze on commodity prices across the board, from beef to bullion. For the unconvinced, he pulls out a chart showing the average daily per capita consumption of oil in the U.S. at 0.677 bbl., vs. India's infinitely smaller consumption (0.021 bbl.) and China's (0.049 bbl.). "Even if the Chinese and Indians just start consuming as much electricity as Koreans now do, the price...
...hasn't found the Oscars a life-changing event. "It feels like an evening of business," she says. "On the years when I'm not there, I'm sitting at home going, 'I'm so glad.'" She's careful to work her babe traits, wearing for an interview supertight jeans and a snug top with flirty ties at the shoulders. She's as thin as an iron poker and sits twice as straight. Hers is a serene face, on which even small emotions register. She smiles a lot but leaves you in no doubt she would rather be somewhere with...
...good human-resources manager can also help fix problems like high employee turnover. In today's supertight labor market, where frequent job hopping no longer raises an eyebrow and stock options are passed around like punch, it's tough holding on to new hires, says Lorie Nevares, founder of StateScape, an online legislative and regulatory information service. Most people who come to work for StateScape are in their 20s. For them, Nevares says, "the job market is like Candyland." She adds, "They find out they can get big money somewhere else, and if a chance comes to jump, they...