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...American Workforce, which draws from an all-star array of education experts from both parties. It would take the funding and much of the control of public schools away from local school boards, give financial and quality control to the states and force each school to become an entrepreneurial competitor for students. It would change the American public school system from one that emphasizes rote learning to a system that encourages and tests for creative and critical thinking. It would establish new incentives-lots more money and more control over teaching methods-to lure the nation's top college graduates...
...According to Hitwise, for the four weeks ending June 2, 2007, Google accounted for 64.8% of all executed searches in the U.S., triple that of its nearest competitor Yahoo! Search, which achieved 21.7% of all searches in that same time period. Tech pundits (this author included) have long theorized that there must be a saturation point for Google's role in our quest to find information on the Internet. We just don't have a clue as to where that point may be. We've pondered the possibility of slips in dominance with the release of a new competitive offering...
Recently eHarmony competitor chemistry.com produced a funny ad you should watch. The ad is smarmily self-serving, but it approaches eHarmony the right way: not with a lawsuit, but with ridicule...
...Ticketmaster's biggest customers became, in effect, its biggest competitor. Major League Baseball bought Tickets.com pumping money into the fledgling site, which is now the second largest ticketing retailer, selling about $1 billion worth annually. "Given the importance of online ticketing, we thought we should drive the car from the front seat rather than the back," says Bob Bowman, CEO of MLB.com The league doesn't dictate how teams sell their tickets. That business, for now, is divided fairly evenly among Ticketmaster, Tickets.com and Paciolan, a ticketing software firm based in Irvine, Calif. But if the league consolidates its ticketing...
...games to seize a 5-2 lead. Uvarova came back to 5-3, but committed several forehand errors to give Ko the set 6-3. “I thought it was a tough match,” Ko said. “The girl is really a great competitor.” Ko went down early to Uvarova again in the third set. Ko lost the first game at love, despite being on serve, then committed several unforced errors to lose the second. She then tied the set at 2-2 by attacking Uvarova’s forehand. Each...