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...Japanese aren't just shopping on cell phones but also with them. A new "wallet cell phone" functions as a credit, debit or ID card, among other things. The handset has a computer chip similar to that found in electronic key cards. Japanese girls are buying mascara, mints and magazines at convenience stores simply by swiping their phones past a scanner near the cash register...
...Moms, not agents, got credit for this year?s successes. Best Actor winner Philip Seymour Hoffman gave a shout out to his mom, who raised him and three siblings on her own. Crash director Paul Haggis shared that he was wearing his late mother?s ring. Best Director Ang Lee sent a message to his Mama in Mandarin. Just about every winner named Mom as an inspiration. Hopefully Dads cleaned up at the Technical Awards...
...their architects' expectations, and the energy sector is no exception. While Suez and GdF are aiming to slash annual costs by as much as €500 million, utility deals don't always make stockholders smile. After a study of almost 40 such transactions involving U.S. energy groups, Credit Suisse analyst Dan Eggers recently concluded that mergers "consistently destroy value." The utilities' obligation to pass on savings to consumers means that shareholders are often shortchanged. "Most [utilities]," Eggers added, "have been best served by trying to create value independently." So how to proceed? Beyond the E.U.'s creeping borders, rapid developments...
...sheer buzz alone, new media are showing some promising results. After ABC's hits Lost and Desperate Housewives were downloaded on iTunes, their Nielsen ratings went up 17% and 18%, respectively. And although hard figures aren't available, NBC executives credit iTunes with helping The Office become a bona fide hit. (Switching it from Tuesday to Thursday night might have helped...
...diverse not only in fields of study, but also in the needs of its faculty, staff, undergraduate, graduate and professional students. In order to understand and better reflect the perspectives of all members of the community, a university president should be visible and accessible across the University. Summers deserves credit for frequently engaging undergraduate students in their Houses and in the Yard. Our next president, however, should make a greater effort to reach out to students across the University’s campus including in its graduate and professional programs. To be fair, beyond opening ceremonies and commencement, there...