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...RFID reader emits a radio wave to scan the chip via an attached antenna. Unlike bar codes, which have to be scanned one at a time, an RFID reader can theoretically scan every item in a shopping basket, case or pallet--at one glance, at a distance, even in rotten conditions like inside a freezer or in a sandstorm. Place an RFID reader in a series of gateways, and it can follow supplies from assembly line to store shelves and right out the door with the customer...
...just made money in one of the severest downturns it ever faced. Management got lean and mean. They're poised to benefit. Starwood is a good name in that area. When I look at momentum, I like Intel. When you're not building new capacity and there's still chip demand out there, you start tightening the supply; pricing goes up, and that's where the leverage in the industry is. One area that is very interesting in financials is property and casualty insurance. A lot of people see the premiums increasing. What's really interesting is what's going...
Yesterday, customers flocked to the new shop for coffee, donuts and ice cream—even though mint chocolate chip, the most popular ice cream flavor according to Carvahlo, rapidly sold...
Integrated Circuits In 1958 Jack Kilby fashioned the first microchip out of a single slice of silicon (it had one transistor); in 1959 Robert Noyce figured out how to get all the electronics on a chip talking. The invention spawned Intel, along with a thriving computer industry...
...souls in the depressed Russian republic of Mordovia, 600 km southeast of Moscow. But for the past three years, Zhbanova, 14, has been following another daily routine: for two hours early in the morning and two more after school, she practices her aces and backhands, flat serves and chip shots, footwork and block volleys. "Trying harder makes up for my starting in tennis too late," she says. "All right, I won't jump as high as Elena Dementieva, but tennis is still my spring-board - the only one I have to take me out of here." This week, Zhbanova...