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Friday, August 22, 2008 10:01 PM

How they control cost: 22-August-08

Fresenius, the health-care company best known for its kidney dialysis products and services: It exploited the exchange rate (strong euro, weak dollar) to make a major acquisition - U.S. drugmaker APP Pharmaceuticals - for $3.7 billion. [Click here for...
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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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Thursday, August 14, 2008 9:00 PM

How they boost income: 14-August-08

Strauss Group, an Israeli coffee outfit: 1. It has boosted income in the past through cooperation (with Danone in yogurt; with Unilever in ice cream). 2. It ventured into the larger and fragmented wholesale roast and ground coffee market instead of the...
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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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Tuesday, August 05, 2008 10:46 PM

How they boost income: 05-August-08

Motorola Inc., which is losing customers to the iPhone and e-mail-equipped handsets from Nokia and Samsung: 1. It will split its money-losing mobile-phone business from its profitable and faster-growing broadband business, which makes cable-television...
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Tuesday, August 05, 2008 10:42 PM

How they control cost: 05-August-08

German Companies in China, where rising energy costs, stricter environmental rules, the elimination of many tax incentives, a dearth of skilled workers and the increasing strength of the yuan against the dollar and 8-percent inflation rate have all pushed...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008 6:33 PM

How they control cost: 29-July-08

Tata Motors, seeking to change the manner in which people in rural and semi-urban India travel has staked its reputation to make a supercheap car, the Nano with a price originally set at $2,500: 1. It will fit the car with a smaller 623cc-engine that...
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Thursday, July 17, 2008 8:16 PM

How they boost income: 17-July-08

Ebay, the world's largest Internet auctioneer, losing market share to rivals such as Amazon.com, seeks to improve its fixed-price online retail business, grow PayPal and bolster customer safety and trust: 1. It made major changes to its business ...
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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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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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Tuesday, July 08, 2008 8:54 PM

How they boost income: 08-July-08

Macquarie Group Ltd., Australia's biggest investment bank: 1. It is focusing on Korea-U.S. cross- border transactions and is stepping up its help to Korean investors in finding U.S. targets because South Korean companies escaped the worst of the U...
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Tuesday, July 08, 2008 8:46 PM

How they control cost: 08-July-08

India's Airlines faced with rising fuel costs are left with combined losses of $938 million for the fiscal year ended Mar. 31, 2008 (aviation fuel in India is now the most expensive in the world). If they raise fares, they lose customers, but if they...
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008 1:07 PM

How they boost income: 09-June-08

Apple, converging technology company: 1. It is launching an iPhone App Store where developers will be able to sell, and consumers will be able source applications for the iPhone so that these applications enhance the appeal of the iPhone and boost sales...
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Friday, May 30, 2008 11:11 AM

How they control cost: 29-May-08

Qantas Airways Ltd., Australia's biggest carrier, trying to cope with surging fuel prices: 1. It has hedged 34 percent of its 2009 fuel needs at $90 a barrel. 2. It will reduce national and international services 3. It will reduce the size of its...
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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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