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...Livedoor's woes show, a get-rich-quick, growth-by-acquisition strategy can be rife with risk. In Livedoor's case, driving up the company's stock price may have become a dangerous obsession. Unable to achieve fast enough growth through normal business operations, it allegedly misled the public in order to goose its stock, sell some of its shares, then pocket the proceeds as profits...
...factor in overstimulation and distraction. The faster people can do things, such as reading an e-mail or sending a text message, the shorter their attention span becomes. It seems as though everyone has attention-deficit disorder. Our society is so invested in getting things done fast that we have lost the skill of patiently sitting still and focusing. It's as if people need to be diverted. If there were fewer distractions from pointless e-mails, phone calls and other things, a lot more could be achieved. ALLY WHITNEY Eugene...
...TEAMMATE ONCE SAID OF YOU, "NFL RUNNING BACKS ARE USUALLY FAST, LIKE A CHEETAH. HE'S MORE OF AN ELEPHANT." AGREE? I would probably go with the terminology of cars--whereas most running backs are Ferraris or Porsches, I'm a Ford F-150 pickup. I'm consistent and crank up every time you put the key in. But I'm not going to win too many races. I'm durable but not the sexiest vehicle to drive...
...CHINA, just, but with India catching up fast, according to Augusto Lopez-Claros, who heads the World Economic Forum's competitiveness program. In his latest report, which measures national competitiveness using dozens of different criteria - from the quality of math education to the soundness of banks - China comes in at No. 49, one ahead of India. But the momentum is with the underdog: China dropped three places this year, while India moved up five, largely because of India's greater technological prowess. Both are marked down for corruption - a frequent refrain at Davos sessions this year - and a chronic lack...
...MUCH, TOO FAST...