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...launch but went on sale a day later for $0.99 - and has sold nearly 250,000 copies to date. What's most remarkable about Record is that a number of other apps provide the same service - for free. "I think we're successful because we continue to improve and fix bugs and so on," he said...
...Charles Schumer of New York suggested that the most realistic solution would be to appropriate just enough money to keep the companies alive until early next year, when a new Congress and Administration can tackle the complicated issue in a more comprehensive fashion. But even if a short-term fix of, say, $15 billion, is approved to keep Detroit going until the end of March, there is still disagreement over many details. Republicans want to take the money from a $25 billion modernization fund set up earlier this year, but environmentalists are adamantly opposed to such a move...
...Google needs to focus on its core businesses like search, mail and Web-based applications, instead of pouring endless resources into experimental projects that never turn a profit (such as its ill-fated virtual world Lively, which will close at the end of month). "If they could fix their expense management, surely they could fix their product development as well. Google has a very poor product-development process," says Lindsay, who criticizes the firm for letting good products languish while encouraging engineers to tackle newer and more exciting projects instead. For example, its Chrome browser got positive reviews when...
...Failing to cure themselves of the Not Invented Here disease, Detroit's bosses resorted to Hail Mary attempts to fix what were long-term issues. "They were constantly looking at buy, sell, hire, fire, looking to be rescued from their predicament," says Spear. On the buy side, GM CEO Roger Smith acquired Hughes Aircraft, EDS and a 50% stake in Saab. His successors bought the Hummer, 20% of Korea-owned Suzuki and 20% of Fiat with the obligation to buy it or pay to get rid of it. (The latter course was chosen, at a cost of $2 billion...
...streets unnerves not only foreigners, on whom Thailand's economy depends, but also the majority of Thais who have supported Thaksin and his proxies in the polls. Political violence in Thailand has claimed the lives of both red-shirted government supporters and yellow-clothed opposition forces. With no easy fix for Thailand's underlying leadership woes, the cycle of suffering continues...