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...bomb here, millions of units of sanitizing tub-and-tile cleanser would go tragically unmarketed. The ad crowd gathered here seems a bit smug this year. The networks raked in a record $8 billion in last year's flush times; now it's a buyer's market. So as NBC touts its new series--a dubious-looking sitcom starring high-decibel chef Emeril Lagasse, the 1,000th version of Law & Order (O.K., the third)--it touts even more its high-income viewers, the real-life Frasier Cranes who make The West Wing "the most upscale show on any network...
...buildings, which will total 99,300 square feet when finished, are designed for office and research space. Colcord identified the buyer only as “an investor” who wished to remain anonymous...
...Rudenstine history lies across the River, in Allston, where the University now owns 52 acres of land. Before Rudenstine’s arrival, the University bid for the land under a different name. But the actual deal went through under his tenure. When word leaked out that the buyer was Harvard, town-gown relations—already tenuous—spiraled downward...
...Some of the newest Japanese technology is being used to boost an old business: selling booze by machine. Prompted by a beverage-industry crackdown on underage drinking, several manufacturers have developed machines that can verify the age of the buyer. Kyoto-based Fujitaka, for instance, has installed sensors clever enough to read the birth date on a driver's license?and savvy enough to recognize a fake ID. Another breakthrough allows machines to send messages directly to maintenance workers, alerting them if a machine needs repair, drinks or snacks?making distribution and upkeep more efficient. Sanyo, meanwhile, has devised...
...strategy might ultimately force a consolidation within the industry. Most e-scription start-ups, once flush with venture capital, are on the block, looking to be acquired or to align with bigger fish that can offer womb-to-tomb IT solutions. IBM's new venture will probably be a buyer, and Allscripts already has a deal with IDX, whose own back-office, practice-management system is used by more than 100,00 doctors. "This whole industry is so fragmented," says Wygod. "In order to make it more efficient, you can't have so many different players." Wygod just...