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...Bias” is a favorite buzzword of many critics...
...Bias” is a favorite buzzword of many critics...
...Darfur remains the foremost ranking humanitarian crisis on the UN “watchlist,” the new buzzword amongst activists is the Genocide Intervention Fund (GIF), launched on Thursday. April 7 by Swarthmore college students, Mark Hanis and Andrew Sniderman. The premise behind GIF is that AU forces on the ground in Darfur should be provided with funds to cover their non-lethal weapon needs. At a conference organized in February by the National Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC, the Swathmore undergrads sold their idea to students from 92 colleges around the country, who reviewed and reworked this...
...hardest advantage to measure is that merger buzzword synergy. "P&G knows a lot about women. Gillette knows a lot about men," Lafley told investors. "It's very simple, but it's a potent combination." Robert McDonald, a P&G senior executive, hinted to TIME at new products that could capitalize on each firm's strengths. "We have the best-selling male fragrance in Hugo Boss," he says. "How about a Hugo Boss designer razor?" Problem is, with P&G already so big, boasting more than $50 billion in sales, it needs the equivalent of a new megabrand like Tide...
...Back in the mid-'90s, a similar idea called "push technology" briefly wore the buzzword crown. The notion was that, instead of having to reach out to a plethora of newspapers, TV channels and websites, news consumers could customize information that would be "pushed" across their computer screens all day. But the early push advocates stumbled, victims of poor management, clunky technology and their own hype. With RSS, though, it seems like the push dream has finally arrived. "We're seeing the TiVo-ization of news," says Dave Sifry, referring to the recordable TV service that allows viewers to pick...