The chief executive, James M. Wells, who took his job in January, is trying to make SunTrust more efficient after the bank tripled in size under his predecessor, L. Phillip Humann.
T.E.R.I., which is based in New Delhi, is trying to make these lanterns more affordable by making them available for rent for durations as short as one night.
Samuel D. Waksal, the biotechnology executive whose insider trading landed him and his friend Martha Stewart in prison, is trying to make a comeback.
Though one confectionary company in Tokyo is trying to make its mark.
Now, a growing social impact investment movement in Israel is trying to make the case for a more balanced approach to Venture Capital investment.
In Minnesota, state Sen. Chris Eaton (D), whose daughter died of a heroin overdose in 2007, is trying to make such state-level changes legislatively.
But StreetEasy, a Flatiron-based startup that set up shop back in '05, is trying to make the hunt for quality New York digs a little less harrowing.
In Malawi, a new bill in the country is trying to make it against the law to fart in public.
Now, in his last months in office, he is trying to make up for that misstep.
Google, which is based in Mountain View, Calif., is trying to make inroads in the business through its book digitization project and book search service.
