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...Still, not all of Yahoo's efforts fared as poorly as Semel's entertainment strategy. Its photo, email, travel and mobile offerings have proved popular and have been successful audience-builders. But Yahoo's broad array of assets have proved difficult to manage, prompting the so-called Peanut Butter Manifesto last year, in which senior VP Brad Garlinghouse argued that Yahoo! was spreading itself too thin. And now that Yahoo has created a precedent in shedding Yahoo! Photos in favor of Flickr, it may cut down further on other businesses to focus on its core offerings...
...Unable to acquire Facebook last year for a billion dollars, the company may look to a deal with Microsoft as a way of gaining access to a new array of partners, including both cell phone and PC manufacturers and wireless carriers. "Microsoft and Yahoo have a long history of being partners and they're likely to get closer," says Smith. "We wouldn't be surprised to see a joint venture emerge...
...best, if prohibitively radical, proposal to fix this is the report of the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce, which draws from an all-star array of education experts from both parties. It would take the funding and much of the control of public schools away from local school boards, give financial and quality control to the states and force each school to become an entrepreneurial competitor for students. It would change the American public school system from one that emphasizes rote learning to a system that encourages and tests for creative and critical thinking. It would...
...word I hear most often when discussing Harvard’s master plan for Allston is “opportunity”—the same word every Commencement speaker will use this month about graduates facing the next phase of their young lives. But, unlike the array of opportunities facing our graduates, our goal is better defined as fulfilling a promise, the promise of Harvard’s Allston Initiative, and, in so doing, keeping our promises to Harvard, the neighborhood, the New England region, and the rest of the world...
...Gutman Library research librarian Kathleen Donovan, who chairs a committee overseeing Harvard library Web sites, admits that the vast array of material available to Harvard affiliates electronically makes it easy for students and faculty to become overwhelmed...