Word: divisionism
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Publishing is a genteel business, and publishers aren't used to playing hardball. Amazon is, and it does. "I think it's fair to say there's some tension," says Jim Milliot, business and news director at Publishers Weekly. "They're the dominant online retailer. Publishers really aren't in...
This crisis has already revealed something about Obama: he's not timid. If he succeeds in getting Netanyahu to freeze settlement growth, his next moves may be to dial up the pressure on the U.S.'s Arab allies to take steps toward recognizing the Jewish state and put heat on...
Others in contention include Paul Kurtz, an Obama adviser who served in the National Security Council under both Bush and Clinton, and former FBI intel boss Maureen Baginski. Dark horses from the private sector include Sun Microsystems' Susan Landau and Scott Charney, currently head of Microsoft's cybersecurity division.
The new mood is leading to social tension in the city. Last September, men chanting "Allahu akbar" attacked people as they were leaving the city's first gay festival; several were badly beaten. Human-rights activists in Bosnia argue that the city's multiethnic tradition has been undermined not just...
And that's where Rubinstein, a former Apple hardware engineer who oversaw the iPod division, comes in. His job is to restore Palm to its former glory and carve out a nice slice of the smart-phone pie. But to do so, Palm will have to compete with Apple's...