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...founder to rescue a troubled company," says May, "but there may also be no better person to drive it into the ground. History is going to look favorably on Steve Jobs, but there are lots of unwritten stories where founders weren't successful." David Smith, technology analyst at Gartner, says Yang may have too much influence for Yahoo's own good. "Founders have a special place in every company and tend to be listened to longer than they should," he says...
...change in ways similar to those that helped China attract foreign investment in manufacturing. India's rising middle class means companies now see the country as an important source of consumer demand. India has joined China as one of Nokia's five largest markets. According to tech-consulting firm Gartner, mobile-phone sales in India grew 42% in 2005 to nearly 30 million units, and sales are expected to quadruple by 2009. With so much potential, Nokia decided India was the best option for a new factory. "We became eager to get closer and closer to India," says Jukka Lehtela...
...billion. Its global digital sales soared 142% to $79.3 million; that's 5% of total revenues, and growing fast. And EMI's global market share rose from 12.5% to 13.1%. "EMI is one of the leaders" of the digital era, says Mike McGuire, research director at Gartner. "They're innovative." Yes, EMI benefited from big-selling albums by artists like the freestyle cartoon band Gorillaz and Coldplay (who nabbed the best album award for X&Y and best single for Speed of Sound at the Brit Awards in London last week). But the digital tide has hit - not only...
Canada?s best hope in the Torino Olympic Games downhill at San Sicario Fraiteve, Emily Brydon, skied too cautiously at the top of the course in gusting, flat-light conditions and as a result, personified the team?s performance on Wedensday. Alpine Canada?s chief athletic officer, Max Gartner, assessed it with one word: ?Bad.? Brydon was the top Canadian, finishing 20th, followed by Kelly VanderBeek of Chilliwack, B.C., in 24th, Shona Rubens (26th) of Canmore, Alberta and Sherry Lawrence (27th) of Calgary. The winner was Austrian Michaela Dorfmeister who just weeks away from retirement capped a remarkable career with...
...Brydon required surgery on both knees prior to the 2002 Salt Lake Games and since then, hasn?t been able to achieve her potential. Now, Gartner believes Brydon?s career may be nearing an end. ?I don?t want to say anything yet because there?s still a Super-G but I think after this season she will take a long, hard look at the situation,? he said...