Word: digitalizes
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...presence--even though the eye picks it up. They reported at a meeting of the Vision Sciences Society in Sarasota, Fla., last week that even when synesthetes can't "see" a peripheral image--say a 5 that's "crowded" by 3s--they see the color associated with the digit in question. That suggests that synesthesia occurs in the earliest stages of perception--before the brain ascribes meaning to what the eye reports...
...winning its battle against foot-and-mouth disease. Blair had earlier postponed local elections from May 3 to June 7 to avoid a campaign during a national emergency. Analysts said that this week he would also call the general election for June 7 to take advantage of the double-digit lead that polls show his Labour Party enjoys over the opposition Conservatives...
...Geneva, Switzerland CEO: Pasquale Pistorio What it does: Designs and develops semiconductors used in computer and telecommunications systems and consumer and automotive products Why it is hot: The company is now the world's sixth-largest semiconductor company, up from ninth in 1999. It posted year-over-year double-digit growth in revenues and net earnings in the first quarter www.st.com | last year...
These companies were blinded by the dust of an economy skidding to a halt. Corporate profits dropped 8% in the first quarter, a stunning reversal from the double-digit growth forecast last year. Not wanting to get it wrong again, a lot of CEOs are simply saying they'll have to wait and see. Worsening the vision void, new regulations require that companies say nothing unless they say it in a venue for all to hear. Regulation FD (fair disclosure) has curtailed guidance on earnings...
Cavallo, 54, is prone to call aides and reporters before breakfast or after midnight. And these days he has plenty to talk about. Cavallo earned Argentines' admiration in 1991 when he pegged the peso to the dollar and tamed four-digit inflation. He's still a hero. In March, when Cavallo became the country's third Economy Minister in three weeks, trade unions canceled a general strike and the legislature granted emergency powers to him and President Fernando...