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...then Greenspan touched off a firestorm by arguing that today's technological innovation and improved efficiency can themselves ignite inflation. His logic? Strong productivity growth raises the outlook for corporate profits, which drives the stock market higher. As equity prices soar, Americans feel wealthier, and that encourages them to continue their wild shopping spree. "The problem is that the pickup in productivity tends to create even greater increases in aggregate demand than in potential aggregate supply," says Greenspan...
...Democrats. This divide will surely feed the fire already raging between the GOP candidates (and throughout the Republican party at large): Whom should the party support? Bush, the establishment candidate who has played with great success to the conservative wing of the party, or McCain, who has ignited a firestorm of support among the ranks of Democrats and independents, and who may have a better chance of beating Al Gore in November? (Gore, meanwhile, handily trounced Bill Bradley in a non-binding contest in Washington, leading to calls for Bradley's withdrawal from the race...
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...firestorm of debate would stand as Peninsula's watermark...
...move, of course, led to a firestorm of criticism, not least from NBC, who had paid good money for that ad and wanted anyone looking at Times Square--whether with their own eyes or through the TV cameras--to see it. CBS argued that it hadn't acted to deceive. The coverage wasn't really news, and the NBC logo was an unimportant detail. What obligation did CBS have to advertise for its competitors? CBS Television Chair Les Moonves announced that unless it were vital to a news story, "any time there is an NBC logo on our network...