Word: analysts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...operation would produce clues that led to another. For example, a CIA analyst perusing a slip of paper scooped up in one raid realized that scribbled on it was part of a phone number for a bin Laden cell in another country. That cell became the next target and yielded another round of evidence...
...that's an iffy proposition. Mark Mooradian, a senior analyst with Jupiter Communications, points out that Case may soon discover that Netscape is a double-edged sword. AOL's old mandate was simple: get as many people as possible onto its service. Now that it's a sprawling, vertically integrated e-commerce company, nasty intramural conflicts are inevitable. When Jeff Bezos upgrades Amazon.com's server software, for instance, will he buy it from AOL, which is the host for arch-competitor Barnes & Noble? Will the Internet service providers who compete with AOL choose Navigator as their browser, and thus enrich...
...music CDs, videos and gifts. The company has spent heavily to establish a brand name and reputation from scratch, with no brick-and-mortar stores to springboard its efforts. "Brand name is critically important to retailing, and Amazon paid dearly for it," notes Marie LaTour Kadison, senior analyst at Forrester. "They knew it was imperative [to establish a brand identity] before companies like Barnes & Noble and Borders came online...
...through 1999. Bezos insists that focusing on profits during this growth phase would be a "strategic mistake." Amazon's proponents believe market share is what matters, and the company will reap its earnings rewards when online buying heats up and its marketing blitz cools down. Says Henry Blodget, an analyst with CIBC Oppenheimer: "They are investing money, not 'losing' money...
...high school, an analyst from Anderson was always there to stop me from accepting cigarettes from those inner city school volunteers. And thank God financial valuating and option wielding derivative associate partners were always there to save me from faulty medical practices and illiteracy. I have full faith that when the cure for cancer comes, it will come from the hallowed halls of Goldman Sachs...