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Tech was a bargain for about a nanosecond. With the tech-laden NASDAQ having surged 40% since early April, the stocks are starting to resemble an unlit cherry bomb on the Fourth of July. Consider that the average blue-chip tech stock trades at 40 times this year's earnings, up sharply from 29 just six weeks...
...game - you have the right to occupy that space on that flight. Or not. "We're recreating a secondary market for airline tickets. That market used to exist on bulletin boards and in newspapers," says Levy. Just think: you might be able to pick up a bargain when someone has to get rid of a ticket, or you could actually buy a seat on that sold-out flight (for the 'right' price...
...chips and human brainpower?are fleeing to China. The island produces 10% of the world's integrated circuits, more than 60% of its motherboards and most of its notebook computers. All of those businesses are finding futures on the mainland, thanks to lower wages and a ready supply of bargain-priced engineering talent. At the same time, Taiwan's own workforce, among the world's most inventive and productive, is opting for China, not just as a place to invest in but a good place to live. Roughly 300,000 people, mostly managers, have moved to China, and Shanghai...
ESPN is fine. NESN would be nice, too. But if Summers drives a hard bargain, I guess that demand can be dropped on the cutting room floor and ESPN would suffice (though missing a Pedro game wrenches at my heart--he is, without a doubt, the most enjoyable pitcher to watch in the past 20 years...
...significant just because dozens of people occupied the President’s office. The past 21 days are significant because of what happened outside of this building. Dining hall workers electrified Harvard Yard; worker-student solidarity is so strong that they want to have one of us help bargain their new contract. Faculty came together; about 400 of Harvard’s famously individualistic professors together signed a letter calling for a living wage, and supporting the sit-in. Undergraduates turned out in record numbers for the largest rallies that the Yard has seen in decades, and students from every...