Any underperformer in this business is vulnerable as a takeover, Raiff said.

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House By Eric Hodgins, William Steig

Their task was a remarkable one: to world-proof the inventory of the military. To make sure that objects didn't stop working whenever they moved.

They have a seven-year-old son named Timothy, never called Timmy or Tim; a little scrawny guy who wears thick glasses already, and who tucks his striped T-shirts into his pants with the aplomb of a silver-templed CEO.