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...Airbus watchers blame the A380--with 165 orders--for hogging valuable resources and causing delays in the A350 schedule. The two planes stand for Airbus' somewhat divergent views on how to meet the needs of travelers as all aspects of flying grow. Critics say the company overestimated the double-decker market--and overcommitted with its investment of $16 billion. On Oct. 15, the A380 will be delivered to launch customer Singapore Airlines after more than a year's delay. "Airbus was thinking that people wanted massive airplanes to go between the continents," says Neidl. "What's wrong with that...
...Number of passengers that can fit in the A380. The double-decker will debut on commercial carriers later this year...
...that before Semel joined Yahoo, there had been some drifting and ambiguity about its mission. Recently, though, Butterfield said, Semel had focused Yahoo on being a communications and communities company. That's where it remains today, according to the company's mission statement, and that's where Yang and Decker are likely to focus. "What he missed was the emergence of Google and the strength a single company could gain with search," says May of Semel. "but he wasn't alone in missing that. And Yahoo remains the second largest company in this sector...
...approach Yang may take, alongside Sue Decker, who joins him as second in command, is to push for Yahoo to partner with Microsoft or a leading social networking site like MySpace to help spark some new momentum. "He can be trusted to find Yahoo a great partner or acquirer to help the company get out of its present predicament," says Rohan...
...surround sound, and 13 games. The room’s library includes popular titles such as Madden 2007 and Wii Sports, and organizers said that plans are in the works to add a Playstation 3 by next week. According to Harvard Interactive Media Group (HIMG) President Benjamin S. Decker ’08, much of the equipment was donated by Microsoft and the video game company Electronic Arts. He said that both companies have been “incredibly supportive” of HIMG’s endeavors since its founding this fall. Now Harvard students who desire to test...