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Taiwan is the world's premier electronics factory, but the world doesn't know it. The island's nimble manufacturers produce more than two-thirds of the globe's LCD monitors, nearly three out of four notebook PCs, and four-fifths of PDAs. Yet most of this digital gear is made under contracts with big foreign tech companies like HP, Apple and Dell and is resold to consumers carrying those well-known brand names. No longer...
...says Ereca Chen, co-founder of Taipei-based Atelligent Global Consulting. "It's hard for them to take that first step." The companies that do sell products under their own names often stick to tiny markets or small-time campaigns. Mitac International, which manufactures a wide range of PC gear, limits its branding efforts to PDAs with built-in global-positioning systems. Asustek Computer, which sells notebooks under the Asus name, shuns expensive sports sponsorships and concentrates on advertising in PC specialty magazines to reach a geek audience. "If you compare us with HP and Dell, we still belong...
...Classifieds Craigslist www.craigslist.org We repeat this previous "50 Coolest" pick because it just keeps getting better-there are separate sites listing ads for bikes, boats, baby gear, musical instruments, jobs, apartments (you name it) in 120 cities in 25 countries. Only certain businesses pay listing fees. LiveDeal.com likewise works to connect buyers and sellers who share a zip code, to facilitate sales of used items that are difficult to ship-or that most people would want to try before buying (furniture, cars)- something you can't do on, say, eBay...
...What about for the person who is sort of interested in exercise, sort of interested in diet. Anything they can do to kick it into gear...
Western security agents learned of the diversion scheme last July and managed to catch up with some of the less important gear, packaged as burglar-alarm equipment bound for Turkey. Officials who tailed the hot computer hardware are virtually certain the remainder of the equipment is now in East Germany or the Soviet Union. LAWSUITS Better Late Than Never...