Word: altos
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...tell that despite my protestations several of my readers have already dropped the paper and caught the next flight to Palo Alto. That's okay, I don't mind. Those who have stuck with me this far are obviously the people who agree that life is not about money...
...sometimes numbers alone can paint a pretty clear picture. Take Chemdex.com a vertical e-market based in Palo Alto, Calif., developed for the pharmaceutical and biotech industry in 1997. Chemdex is reducing sales and distribution costs industrywide by 20%--more than $4 billion of the total $20 billion global life-sciences research-products market, according to Volpe Brown analyst Finnie. "In effect," he says, "Chemdex is turning around to the chemical producers, and it is saying, 'Congratulations! This is your lucky day. You just won the lottery. Here's a check for $4 billion.' These guys have not seen their...
...subpar. But if I were in the market for a personal digital assistant, I'd wait. I told Benenson what I can't tell you, since I'm bound by one of those stupid nondisclosure agreements. O.K., I can tell you this much: very soon, Handspring, a Palo Alto, Calif., company founded by the folks who built the original, brilliant PalmPilot, will be launching its own PDA. And if it's as good as it looks in demos, I can't imagine why anyone would want to buy anything else...
Comic relief seems to be the last thing on the mind of teens like Michael Teng, who just graduated from high school in Palo Alto, Calif., and worked 40 hours a week last summer as a computer programmer. "If you are a student who is anticipating applying to selective colleges," he says, "it really isn't acceptable to do nothing." Tony Bialorucki, 18, of Toledo, Ohio, was a caddy before trading in his golf clubs for a toolbox last summer to help build an orphanage in Guatemala. "I didn't want to work in a mall or a restaurant...
Detroit's reputation as a tough, working-class city also gives its performers credibility in the rap world. Eminem's bad-boy poses on his album The Slim Shady LP (Aftermath/Interscope) seem more believable because he hails from the Detroit area rather than, say, Palo Alto, Calif...