Word: dotcomers
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...more to do with demographics than economics. The oldest members of the huge baby-boom generation are now 56, and as they start retiring, job candidates with the right skills will be in hot demand. As Mitch Potter of human-resources consultant William M. Mercer says, "The dotcom bubble created a false talent crunch. The real one is coming...
...leave just $1 million to his daughter, a nice cushion but not enough to live well on without working. Other rich folks, including Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, have similar plans to spare their heirs what wealth advisers call "affluenza," an affliction that was fleetingly pandemic during the dotcom daze. Wealth doctors have lost a few patients since then. But even as stocks have slumped, home prices have swelled. Household net worth is down only slightly from its 1999 peak. Meanwhile, tax changes this year raise the limit on annual tax-free gifts to $11,000 a person...
...tell, but it makes sense. After all, we love video games, webcams and voyeurism. And online dating has warmed us to the idea of making digital love connections. "We think of it as a social lubricant that gets people interacting," says Bob Stratton, 42, the former bartender, artist and dotcom executive who opened the $1 million bar last fall with two partners. He says Remote is so successful that they plan to launch an international chain...
Most of the business flameouts of Asia's Internet bust followed a familiar pattern: dotcom forms Web portal. Dotcom raises millions in an overhyped, undercooked public stock offering. Dotcom blows millions trying to get big. Dotcom vanishes in a flurry of unpaid bills...
...some deals?lots of them. The result is that Tom.com has become far grander than an ordinary dotcom. It is now the biggest publisher of print media in Taiwan, with more than 40 magazine titles, ranging from the island's premier business weekly to the Chinese-language version of Marie Claire. It is also the largest outdoor advertising firm in China. As the dominant player in the emerging sports marketing industry in the mainland, Tom.com is the favorite to become the sole Chinese advertising agent for the 2008 Beijing Olympics...