Word: fourthly
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...business model that makes sense. Perhaps it appeared to when Web advertising was booming and every half-sentient publisher could pretend to be among the clan who "got it" by chanting the mantra that the ad-supported Web was "the future." But when Web advertising declined in the fourth quarter of 2008, free felt like the future of journalism only in the sense that a steep cliff is the future for a herd of lemmings. (See who got the world into this financial mess...
...years. One CEO was fired over a year ago, but now the firm has two CEOs. One of them was to run the handset businesses after it was spun-off from the main company. That process has been delayed and may never happen. Motorola lost $3.6 billion in the fourth quarter of last year. For that quarter, revenue from the company's handset unit dropped by over half Several members of the Motorola board have run other huge firms including Deutsche Telekom and JPMorgan. But, the company still has two CEOs and has not explained to shareholders why its cellular...
...China Back to the Countryside In a further example of China's faltering economy--exports and overall growth were down significantly in the fourth quarter of 2008--some 15% of its migrant workers are now jobless. This labor force, composed of rural peasants who travel to cities for factory jobs, is the backbone of the country's manufacturing sector. The Chinese government has said it may increase its $585 billion stimulus plan...
...fifth and clinching match on a thrilling five-game victory by sophomore Alisha Mashruwala at the No. 2 flight. After taking a 2-0 lead and cruising towards her sixth win of the year, Mashruwala was unable to convert on multiple match balls in the third and fourth games. She dropped both by a score of 8-10 to force a deciding fifth game, the first of the season and second of her career.“I came off the court [after the fourth game] telling myself to forget what had just happened,” Mashruwala said...
...years past, Yardfest has been held on either the third or fourth weekend of April...