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...specific case of the glue on the label, Ping's team sought their sellers online with the help of a dot-com "market maker" whose web page trumpets its expertise in "business-to-business online auctions for buyers of industrial parts, raw materials, commodities and services." For every different adhesive needed to attach label to bottle, Ping said, "they had at least four of five [online] bidders," each a national supplier. The winning bid represented a savings of 20 percent...
Money, or lack of it, can do a lot of things. It can launch a dot-com, win Dubya's primary and cause the demise of the Hasty Pudding. But the most recent question that has set academic tongues wagging across the nation is whether it can buy the success of an online university proposing to disseminate an Ivy League-caliber education to the masses, for free...
...short, the past four days have provided more than ample cause for us all to take a step back from the seemingly ceaseless dot-com hoopla and review where we stand. The party may not be over, but now seems like an ideal time to put down the champagne for a few moments and toss back a glass of ice-cold water. While sobriety is most sorely lacking in the nation's financial quarters, this campus could also benefit from some reasoned reflection on the state of the New Economy...
...Carorder.com make such an offer? The answer is because they can. As we all know, tack the .com suffix onto your company name and, suddenly, cash becomes an abundant resource. Who cares how much the new hires actually deserve? Run an ad offering a small fortune, and recruitment becomes just a little bit easier. So, what's the problem? If Carorder.com wants to share some of its wealth with Harvard students, why should we complain...
...tech-stock watchers are concerned, Wednesday's joint wireless venture between Bell South and SBC couldn't have been timed better. Right when the death knell was sounding on the dot-com craze, wireless technology has emerged as "the new new thing," with new players popping up left and right and a host of IPOs on the horizon. Tech analysts say there are two trends driving the boom: Cell phones have finally come way down in price, making them widely available to the masses, and they will soon become much more versatile, offering a host of digital services...