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...Taking on Google has long been a losing proposition. But Bing, combined with Microsoft's search alliance with Yahoo!, changes the contest. As Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer put it when announcing the Yahoo! deal, his company can now "swing for the fences in search." Suddenly, search has become - bing! - a whole new ball game...
Nobody can blame Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn for smiling this past week. VW has just turned the tables on would-be raider Porsche, placing Europe's biggest carmaker in the driver's seat for a planned merger with the much smaller and sportier firm. And while colleagues at rivals like Daimler, Fiat, General Motors and Peugeot are busy trying to survive the current economic storm, Winterkorn seems poised to throw VW into high gear...
...company with IAC, the media and Internet firm founded and headed by another colorful former TV executive, Barry Diller. But speculation has been rife about the fate of the much-storied Silverman since his two-year contract at NBC was not reviewed in June. NBC president and CEO Jeff Zucker had earlier made it clear that if Silverman were at NBC, it would be because NBC wanted him there. Presumably, the reverse is also true. Now NBC wants Jeff Gaspin, formerly in charge of NBC's cable division, in Silverman's spot. (See the 100 best TV shows...
...Moreover, the term Cadillac health plan is a tad misleading. Aside from a small number of corporate executives - like the CEO of Goldman Sachs who reportedly enjoys a health plan costing $40,543 a year - many of the Americans with health-insurance plans substantially above the national average (which is about $13,000 for a family of four) are state employees and union members. It's true that the few Wall Street and other Fortune 500 executives have gold-plated plans that pay for any doctor or specialist, require no out-of-pocket expenses and tack on perks like nutrition...
...Pebble project will contaminate nearby waters and harm the sensitive salmon that swim upstream to spawn. The mining industry argues that Pebble can be developed without serious risk to the environment. "We're conducting one of the largest environmental-study programs in Alaska's history," notes John Shively, CEO of the Pebble Partnership, which is overseeing the project. Moreover, the Pebble Mine offers the potential for new jobs - which are vitally needed in a region where steady employment can be hard to find, especially for Alaskan natives. "It's a battle between traditional culture and the modern world," says Ralph...