Word: buzzed
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...Pseudo.com Its remote-control webcams got almost as much buzz as Bush's acceptance speech. Claims to be the largest provider of online...
...buzz and heat in this sector are reminiscent of last spring in the e-commerce space or last winter in the B2B space, when hundreds of start-ups were launched and dozens managed to go public before NASDAQ tanked. But the venture capitalists swear that this time it's different. For one thing, these are real companies making high(est) technology gear for blue-chip customers. More important, some companies have been showing impressive growth and real profits. JDS Uniphase last week announced quarterly net income of $114 million; sales increased 173%, to $524 million. Corning earned $525 million last...
...started about two years ago, when the buzz from European antibiotech protest groups began to ricochet throughout the Net, reaching the community groups that were springing up across the U.S. Many were galvanized by proposed FDA regulations that would have allowed food certified as "organic" to contain genetically modified ingredients--an effort shouted down by angry consumers. Meanwhile, Greenpeace began to target U.S. companies such as Gerber, which quickly renounced the use of transgenic ingredients, and Kellogg's, which has yet to do so. With so-called Frankenfoods making headlines, several other companies cut back on biotech: McDonald's forswore...
...that they're reinventing the game of Vegas marketing. Blue Man billboards are all over town, and the troupe gave away tickets to cabdrivers and hotel employees to help kick-start the buzz. It worked: the show is doing better than 90% of capacity, and surveys reveal that more than 20% of those who attend are locals--who don't come to the Strip for just any washed-up Motown...
...acted and glacially directed, and its story line is blithely blind to its most offensive implications. In short, you're going to be hearing a lot about this movie in the next few weeks. So what you're about to read constitutes fair warning: Don't believe the fuzzy buzz already surrounding it. Any movie that sentimentalizes stalking ought to be shunned...