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Sun Microsystems Expanding its universe Apr 12th 2007 | SAN FRANCISCO From The Economist print edition After a year under its new boss, the computer-maker is bouncing back MICHAEL LEHMAN, the finance chief of Sun Microsystems, a high-end computer-maker that rose and fell with the dotcom boom of the 1990s, recalls a typical customer visit from about a year ago. A delegation from America's navy, a..
Economics focus Womenomics revisited Apr 19th 2007 From The Economist print edition If more women were in paid work, the world could be much richer MEN like to believe that they run the world. They are not deluding themselves. In politics, men still dominate most of the planet's governments and legislatures. In economic life, they rule its boardrooms and have most of the best-paid jobs. Women, m..
After the Virginia Tech massacre America's tragedy Apr 19th 2007 From The Economist print edition Its politicians are still running away from a debate about guns 미국의 정치가들은 아직도 총기에 관한 논쟁을 회피하고 있다 The Economist > >Get article background >IN THE aftermath of the massacre at Virginia Tech university on April 16th, as the nation mourned a fresh springtime crop of young lives cut short by a psychopath..
2년전만해도 250억 기업 매수는 상상하기도 힘들었으나, 이번주 Sallie Mae나 Bell Canada enterprise와 같은 회사들이 인수되었다. 그런데 전체적인 deal의 수는 줄면서 기업 매수 대금은 비슷한 수준인 것으로 보아 deal은 점점 커지고 있어서, 이제 거대 기업 매수는 trend화 되어 가는 것 같다. 거기다가 인식도 많이 좋아져서, 기업 구조 개선에 많은 도움을 주는 것으로 바뀌어 간다. Mid-sized private-equity deals When less is more Apr 19th 2007 From The Economist print edition Despite recent big splashes, most private-equity deals are modest an..
Economics focus Another day, another $1.08 Apr 26th 2007 From The Economist print edition Even those in absolute poverty have choices THIS month the World Bank announced that 986m people lived on the equivalent of less than one dollar a day in 2004—the first time it has counted fewer than 1 billion people in such a parlous state. The bank's definition of extreme poverty is stark, simple and even..
Luxury goods in India Maharajahs in the shopping mall May 31st 2007 | DELHI From The Economist print edition India's growing prosperity opens up a new market for luxury-goods firms AT THE end of the 19th century, India's maharajahs discovered a Parisian designer called Louis Vuitton and flooded his small factory with orders for custom-made Rolls-Royce interiors, leather picnic hampers and modish..