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Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:30 PM

How they boost income: 21-August-08

Blizzard Entertainment, creator of a string of best-selling, industry-shaping PC games including the world's most popular and profitable online game, World of Warcraft: 1. It makes fun games that are easy enough for casual players and deep enough...
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Sunday, August 10, 2008 5:06 PM

How they boost income: 09-August-08

McDonald's Corp., the world's largest restaurant company: 1. It introduced a discount menu selling double cheeseburgers for $1. It is promoting $1 sweet tea and sodas. It is offering snack-sized sandwiches. It coupled lower-priced foods with healthier...
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Monday, August 04, 2008 9:33 PM

How they boost income: 04-August-08

Ford Motor, U.S. Carmaker: 1. It has nearly caught up with Toyota Motor in quality. 2. It hired Toyota's marketing head in the U.S. 3. It sought the most forward-thinking and creative talent and put together a team of 20 handpicked copywriters, art...
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Thursday, July 31, 2008 7:40 PM

How they boost income: 31-July-08

Tribune Co., media group comprising eight newspapers, more than 50 Web sites, 25 television stations, the Chicago Cubs baseball team and real estate and other holdings, unsettled by companies abandoning newspaper ads at an accelerating pace because of...
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Thursday, July 31, 2008 7:36 PM

How they control cost: 31-July-08

Tribune Co., media group comprising eight newspapers, more than 50 Web sites, 25 television stations, the Chicago Cubs baseball team and real estate and other holdings, unsettled by companies abandoning newspaper ads at an accelerating pace because of...
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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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Wednesday, July 09, 2008 10:12 PM

How they boost income: 09-July-08

Tullow Oil Plc, the U.K. explorer with the most licenses in Africa: 1. It is focusing on exploration in Uganda and Ghana 2. It will pump 70,000 to 72,000 barrels of oil and gas a day this year 3. It is bringing three drilling rigs to Ghana to explore...
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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, July 03, 2008 11:27 PM

How they boost income: 03-July-08

Japanese carmakers are pushing ahead with plans for hybrids, electric cars, cleaner diesels, and even, fuel-cell vehicles: Toyota: 1. It aims to more than double hybrid sales, to 1 million a year. 2. It will roll out several new models: a Toyota and a...
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Saturday, June 07, 2008 11:26 AM

How they control cost: 06-June-08

Tribune Co., owner of nine daily newspapers including the Los Angeles Times: 1. It will sell assets including the Chicago Cubs baseball team and its 31 percent stake in the Food Network to tackle its $13 billion in debt. 2. It will structure a Cubs sale...
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Friday, June 06, 2008 12:45 PM

How they boost income: 05-June-08

Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer: 1. It has come up with a new slogan, "Save Money, Live Better," which is resonating more strongly than ever for millions of consumers. It's a strategy to get people to come in for different aspects...
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Thursday, June 05, 2008 11:43 AM

How they boost income: 04-June-08

Yahoo, Internet company: 1. It is holding out against Microsoft's takeover offer for three income boosting reasons: (a) more money, (b) some hedge against regulatory hurdles that could delay or even quash the deal (if regulators quash the deal, Yahoo...
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Thursday, June 05, 2008 11:39 AM

How they control cost: 04-June-08

General Motors, U.S. carmaker, which lost $3.25 billion in the first quarter of 2008, including special charges and is engaged in a structural change to meet a changing market demand: 1. It will close four truck plants representing a stark change for...
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Friday, May 30, 2008 11:18 AM

How they boost income: 29-May-08

Holiday Group of Cos., Siberia's largest supermarket chain, which includes Holiday Classic supermarkets, Sibiriada convenience stores and more upscale Kora and Turne grocery outlets: 1. It will focus on Siberia for growth 2. It added 61 outlets last...
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