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Friday, July 25, 2008 8:08 PM

How they boost income: 25-July-08

Microsoft, software giant, trying to turn around its limping online operations after failing to acquire Yahoo: 1. It will invest 5% to 10% of operating income on online operations, which might increase to 20% to 40% if it is successful - and continue...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008 7:31 PM

How they boost income: 23-July-08

Hedge Funds: They borrowed almost 15 per cent, or about 550 million, of HBOS shares, which faced intense pressure from investors betting on the share price falling, and sold them to be able to buy them back cheaper. [Short sellers borrow shares they do...
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Friday, July 18, 2008 9:16 PM

How they boost income: 18-July-08

McDonald's in Europe is upgrading the customer experience: 1. It refurbished the chain's outlets there 2. It created a McDonald's design studio outside Paris to come up with a range of eight design packages from which franchisees can choose...
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008 8:04 PM

How they boost income: 15-July-08

General Electric, giant engineering company: 1. It is unveiling a retro engine design for the business air travel market promoting a less glitzy technology, a propeller-driven engine as the turboprop market is enjoying a resurgence as an efficient alternative...
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Friday, July 11, 2008 9:52 PM

How they control cost: 11-July-08

General Electric Co., the second-largest U.S. company by market value: 1. It is disposing of $100 billion of financial assets to revive GE shares after a surprise first-quarter profit drop in April. 2. It will sell its Japan consumer lending operations...
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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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Saturday, July 05, 2008 1:05 AM

How they boost income: 04-July-08

Viacom, media and entertainment content creator: 1. It is trying to prevent YouTube from having Viacom content on the YouTube site 2. It is arguing in its ongoing $1 billion copyright infringement suit against YouTube that a) YouTube wants illegal content...
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Thursday, May 29, 2008 11:58 AM

How they boost income: 28-May-08

Multinational corporations seeking marketing mileage from the Chinese Olympics: 1. They are harnessing Olympic fervor in China and playing up Chinese national pride in their advertising campaigns to demonstrate deep-seated commitment to the people of...
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008 12:02 PM

How they boost income: 27-May-08

Northern Foods Plc, the largest U.K. maker of prepared meals: 1. It will continue to push through sales price increases despite retailer pushback to pass on higher costs for wheat and cheese 2. It entered negotiations before its competitors to raise sales...
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Monday, May 19, 2008 11:59 PM

How they boost income: 19-May-08

Microsoft, the world's largest software maker: 1. It wants a bigger pie of the search ad and display ad business by consolidation, innovation, strategic partnerships and acquisitions. 2. It wants to deliver end-to-end user experiences across PC, phone...
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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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Thursday, May 15, 2008 11:14 PM

How they control cost: 15-May-08

General Electric Co. the biggest maker of appliances for new U.S. homes: 1. It is selling units that don't expand fast enough to enable a 10 percent annual profit growth. 2. It has divested more than $75 billion in GE businesses, including the plastics...
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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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Thursday, April 10, 2008 10:34 PM

How they boost income: 10-Apr-08

Today's Strategy Reminders: 1. How often do you make time to discover the under utilized assets of your business? How often do you get time to find alternative uses for it? Are you sitting on an invisible goldmine? Are you denying yourself some easy...
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