WINNERS

LEW FRANKFORT

CEO of Coach keeps profit growth alive by chopping prices.

IAN COOK

Colgate profits up 19 percent in Q2 as CEO pumps up ad spending.

MARTHA STEWART

Sees namesake company post 5% gain in revenue, uptick in advertising at magazine.

LOSERS

JOHN KLUGE

Billionaire investor forced to shutter moneylosing Bennigan’s chain.

DONALD NEWHOUSE

President of Advance Publications weighs sale of money-losing Star-Ledger newspaper.

LOUIS GERSTNER

Chairman of privateequity powerhouse Carlyle Group was forced to shut its first hedge fund.