Word: firm
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...commerce war. Last week Amazon.com launched its own electronic flea market to appeal to the millions of online hagglers who passionately bid for everything from stereos and cruises to a Coke bottling plant and the historic town of Johnsonville, Conn. Bezos' is just the latest firm to recognize the Web as the perfect medium to match buyers and sellers in a capitalist free-for-all: Net portal Yahoo rolled out an auction site last fall, and America Online just struck a partnership with industry leader eBay...
...sponsor, lawyer Jane Lexton, switched jobs midweek, giving Ridlington a chance to see life at both a small and large law firm...
Ridlington had never seen a lawyer in action before. Lexton multi-tasked like a pro--handling her own billing and other logistics. Ridlington says she learned that one of the drawbacks to a small firm is the need to perform such administrative tasks...
...process of shadowing, Ridlington sat in on conference calls, heard the members of the firm discuss hiring, talked to lawyers and read through Lexton's extern file. Some of the work surprised...
Lexton, for example, changed jobs in part to work at a firm with a support staff, a more family-friendly environment...