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...filed an amicus brief when the case was before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. In May that court upheld Michigan’s policy and dismissed the complaints of white students who brought suit after they were denied admission...
...burst into the home-electronics market. Since Apex introduced its first model in early 2000, for $179, the price of DVD players has plummeted. Apex, based in Ontario, Calif., remains a low-price leader, with its basic units now selling for about $59 at large retailers like Circuit City and Wal-Mart. The fledgling company has captured 15% of the market, making it No. 1 in units sold this year, surpassing Sony and Panasonic...
...formed a scrap-metal business of their own, then started a side business importing speakers and amplifiers, and later DVD players, from China. The first units they imported and sold through Circuit City differed from others sold in the U.S. at the time in that they could play MP3 files. The players also sported a quirk Ji and Hsu say they were unaware of: a manufacturing error allowed users to copy DVDs to videotape and override coding that prevents DVDs of films from being viewed in countries where they have not been released...
Apex quickly fixed the problem, but by then the brand had developed a certain rogue hipness among illicit copiers of films on DVD. "We noticed on our website that a lot of people were searching for Apex," says Rick Souder, a Circuit City vice president. But the key to Apex's rapid growth was its rock-bottom prices, which were achieved by working closely with low-cost Chinese producers, accepting slim profit margins and skimping on advertising...
...must not let Iraq escape from its agreement to allow “immediate, unimpeded, unconditional and unrestricted access” to all sites. This is the only way that arms inspections will work. But by the same token, the U.S. should not be the one to short-circuit the process by prematurely starting a war. Since other nations like France and Russia have a higher standard for “material breach”—the phrase in the resolution that defines when the U.N. will authorize war against Iraq—President Bush must wait until...