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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 9:51 PM

How they boost income: 12-August-08

Soho China, Hong Kong-listed commercial property developer: 1. It focuses on commercial mixed-use properties in Beijing that include retail space as well as integrated office and residential units. 2. It focuses on prime locations - particularly the city's...
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Thursday, August 07, 2008 10:00 PM

How they boost income: 07-August-08

JCPenney, the department store chain, which is among the older and better known stores in the U.S., but more associated with mothers than their teenage daughters: 1. It is trying to change perceptions. It introduced Dorm Life, a lineup of products for...
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008 7:55 PM

How they control cost: 15-July-08

General Motors, the world's biggest carmaker, facing falling U.S. sales and Wall Street's demands for cutting some of its eight brands and more action to stem its losses: HR cuts 1. It will slash white-collar salaried worker costs by 20% by cutting...
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Thursday, July 10, 2008 10:25 PM

How they boost income: 10-July-08

Apple, converging technology company: 1. It is launching iPhone 3G across much of Europe on July 11 2. It has upgraded the iPhone 3G with GPS and support for faster connections 3. It has lowered the price for an entry-level model with 8 gigabytes of memory...
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Wednesday, July 09, 2008 10:07 PM

How they control cost: 09-July-08

Western publishers plagued by declining print readership and advertising as readers keep switching to online media: 1. Some like Orange County Register Communications outsource work to Indian companies like copyediting firm Mindworks directly 2. Others...
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008 11:11 PM

How they boost income: 02-July-08

General Motors Corp., the biggest overseas automaker in China: 1. It is counting on growth in China as demand in North America plunges. 2. It added three revamped models in the first half 3. It will start selling its first hybrid car in China, a locally...
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Wednesday, June 04, 2008 12:05 PM

How they boost income: 03-June-08

eBay, e-commerce company whose consumers are beginning to opt for fixed-price purchases to avoid the hassles of auctions: 1. It is shifting its focus to its "Buy It Now" business, where shoppers can purchase items at a set price even when the...
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008 7:40 PM

How they control cost: 20-May-08

Marks & Spencer Group Plc, the U.K.'s biggest clothing retailer: 1. It reduced the total payout to store workers by more than half to 12.8 million pounds 2. It will stop bonus payouts for the year after missing targets set in April 2007. [Click...
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Thursday, May 15, 2008 11:24 PM

How they boost income: 15-May-08

Larsen & Toubro Ltd., India's biggest engineering company: 1. It will try to take maximum benefit from a government plan to spend $500 billion by 2012 to build more roads, ports and bridges. 2. It is selling secondary units to fund $590 million...
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Friday, May 09, 2008 11:11 PM

How they boost income: 09-May-08

Microsoft, infotech company: 1. It wants to build up its online advertising business because consumers and businesses are increasingly switching from its desktop software to free online services that do the same things. 2. It makes money in two ways in...
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008 8:14 PM

How they boost income: 07-May-08

Larsen & Toubro Ltd. India's largest construction company (India will spend $1 trillion this decade on roads, railways and airports): 1. It will expand in shipbuilding and real estate. 2. It will spend $5 billion to start a power-generation business...
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008 9:49 PM

How they boost income: 06-May-08

Finstar, Russian holding company with interests in retail, property and gaming: 1. It will build up its retail and property interests to more than half of revenue to reduce its dependence on gambling. 2. It will open supermarkets and hypermarkets in Russia...
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008 9:40 PM

How they boost income: 23-Apr-08

HP Labs, the research arm of computer giant HP: 1. It will cut its projects from 150 to 20 or 30 dropping those with little commercial future. 2. Researchers whose projects get scuttled will be transferred to bigger teams 3. Researchers will compete for...
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Friday, April 18, 2008 9:58 PM

How they boost income: 18-Apr-08

IBM, Infotech and Infotech Services giant: 1. It continues to make very large investments in R&D -$6 billion a year. 2. It will become even more global than it is with eight existing research labs in countries including China, India, and Israel. 3...
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Friday, April 18, 2008 9:53 PM

How they control cost: 18-Apr-08

The World's Most Innovative Companies: 1. They use emerging markets as sources of low-cost methods for creating new products and as markets - booming pockets for growth. 2. They collaborate with outsiders to lower costs for both themselves and their...
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